by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Hôtel
Language: French (Français)
Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage, Le soleil passe son bras par la fenêtre. Mais moi qui veux fumer pour faire des mirages J'allume au feu du jour ma cigarette. Je ne veux pas travailler - je veux fumer.
First published in the revue "Lacerba", n°8, April 15, 1914
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Hôtel", written 1914, appears in Banalités, first published 1914 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Hôtel", 1944, published 1991 [ voice and piano ], Éd. de l'AARC (Association des Amis de Robert Caby) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Hôtel", FP 107 no. 2 (1940), published 1941 [ medium voice and piano ], from Banalités, no. 2, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marjo Tal (1915 - 2006), "Hôtel", 1982, from En sourdine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Hotel", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "ホテル", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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