by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
La Traversée
Language: French (Français)
Du joli bateau de Port-Vendres Tes yeux étaient les matelots Et comme les flots étaient tendres Dans les parages de Palos Que de sous-marins dans mon âme Naviguent et vont l'attendant, Le superbe navire où clame Le choeur de ton regard ardent.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "La Traversée", appears in Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre, in 5. Obus couleur de lune, first published 1918 [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), "La Traversée", 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Jaubert (1900 - 1940), "La Traversée", from Trois Sérénades, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 42