Rosamunda | Molt de temps a l’escalinata de

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by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Rosemonde

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Longtemps au pied du perron de
La maison où entra la dame
Que j'avais suivie pendant deux
Bonnes heures à Amsterdam
Mes doigts jetèrent des baisers

Mais le canal était désert
Le quai aussi et nul ne vit
Comment mes baisers retrouvèrent
Celle à qui j'ai donné ma vie
Un jour pendant plus de deux heures

Je la surnommai Rosemonde
Voulant pouvoir me rappeller
Sa bouche fleurie en Hollande
Puis lentement je [m'en allai]¹
Pour quêter la Rose du Monde

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Poulenc

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¹ Poulenc: "m'allai"

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Rosemonde", written 1912, appears in Alcools, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913 [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), "Rosemonde", 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Rosemonde", FP 158 (1954), published 1959 [ baritone and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 3, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Derek Welton) , "Rosemonde", copyright © 2007, (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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Word count: 81

Rosamunda

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

Molt de temps a l’escalinata de
La casa on va entrar la dama
A qui havia seguit durant un bon
Parell d'hores a Amsterdam
Els meus dits llançaren petons

Però el canal estava desert
També el moll i ningú no va veure
Com els meus petons trobaren el camí
Cap a qui jo vaig donar la meva vida
Un dia durant més de dues hores

La vaig anomenar Rosamunda
Desitjant poder recordar
La seva boca de flor a Holanda
Després lentament me’n vaig anar
A cercar la Rosa del Món

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in French (Français) by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire, "Rosemonde", written 1912, appears in Alcools, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-30
Line count: 15
Word count: 90