by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire
Le secret
Language: French (Français)
Tu n'as pas surpris mon secret Déjà le cortège s'avance Mais il nous reste le regret De n'être pas de connivence La rose flotte au fil de l'eau Les masques ont passé par bandes Il tremble en moi comme un grelot Ce lourd secret que tu quémandes.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki (1880 - 1918), as Guillaume Apollinaire [author's text not yet checked 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 Guy Sacre (b. 1948), "Le secret", 1977, from 5 Poèmes d'Apollinaire, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Steven Cox
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 47