Selected Poems of Apollinaire

The moving spirit of French modernism, Apollinaire was born in Rome in 1880. He became a French citizen only in 1916, after service in the artillery and infantry. He died during the Paris flu epidemic of 1918.

The moving spirit of French modernism, Apollinaire was born in Rome in 1880. He became a French citizen only in 1916, after service in the artillery and infantry. He died during the Paris flu epidemic of 1918. Born in 1925, Oliver Bernard has translated the poems of Arthur Rimbaud as well as Apollinaire. His own poems, titled Verse &c., were published by Anvil in 2001.

INTRODUCTION

13

(6)

Orpheus

19

(2)

Orphée

Zone

21

(12)

Zone

The Pont Mirabeau

33

(1)

Le Pont Mirabeau

Tortoise

34

(1)

La tortue

Horse

35

(2)

Le cheval

The Song of the Ill-Loved

37

(26)

La Chanson du Mal-Aimé

'One night of London mist and flame'

37

(6)

Un soir de demi-brume à Londres

Song for Laetare a Year Past

43

(2)

Aubade chantée à Lcetare un an passé

'Many of those gods are dead'

45

(2)

'Beaucoup de ces dieux ont péri'

Reply of the Zapur-Og Cossacks

47

(2)

Réponse des Cosaques Zaporogues

'O milky way'

49

(6)

'Foie lactée'

The Seven Swords

55

(4)

Les sept épées

'O milky way'

59

(30)

'Voie lactee'

Autumn Crocuses

63

(2)

Les colchiques

Annie

65

(2)

Annie

Marizibill

67

(2)

Marizibill

The Traveller

69

(4)

La voyageur

The Door

73

(1)

La porte

Tibetan Goat

74

(1)

La chèvre du Thibet

Hare

75

(2)

Le lièvre

The Circus People

77

(2)

Saltimbanques

The Landor Road Emigrant

79

(4)

L'Émigrant de Landor Road

Rosemonde

83

(2)

Rosemonde

May

85

(2)

Mai

Synagogue

87

(2)

La synagogue

The Betrothal

89

(10)

Les fiançailies

The Spring invites unfaithful lovers to wander'

89

(1)

'Le printemps laisse errer Les fiancés parjures'

'My friends have at last admitted they despise me'

89

(2)

Mes antis m'ont enfin avoué leur mépris'

'I no longer even have pity for myself'

91

(1)

'Je n'ai plus mêmo pitié de moi'

'I have summoned up the courage'

91

(2)

'Jai eu le courage'

'Forgive me for my ignorance'

93

(1)

'Pardonnez-moi mon ignorance'

'I observe the Sunday rest'

93

(2)

'J' observe le repos du dimanché'

'In the end lies no longer frighten me

95

(1)

A la fin Les mensonges ne me font plus pear'

'At the corner of a street'

95

(4)

Au tournant dune rue

'O flaming Templars' 97 '

Templiers flamboyants'

1909

99

(2)

1909

In the Santé

101

(5)

A la Santé

Rabbit

106

(1)

Le lapin

Dromedary

107

(2)

Le dromadaire

Hunting Horns

109

(2)

Cors de chasse

The Windows

111

(4)

Les fenétres

Rue Christine Monday

115

(4)

Lundi rue Christine

Heart, Crown and Mirror

119

(2)

Coeur couronne et miroir

It's Raining

121

(2)

Il pleut

The Little Car

123

(4)

La petite auto

Gala

127

(2)

Fête

Exercise

129

(2)

Exercice

Postcard

131

(1)

Carte postale

Mouse

132

(1)

La souris

Carp

133

(2)

La carpe

The Pretty Red-Head

135

(4)

La jolie rousse

Cornflower

139

(4)

Bleuet

The Skirt

143

(2)

Lejupon

Prayer

145

(2)

Prière

Hotel

147

(2)

Hôtel

Calligram for Madeleine (15 May 1915)

149

(2)

Calligramme á Madeleine (le 15 mai, 1915)

The Ninth Secret Poem

151

(2)

Le neuvième poème secret

Inscription for the Tomb of the Painter Henri Rousseau the Douanier

153

(2)

Inscription pour le tombeau du peintre Henri Rousseau Douanier

Table

155

(2)

Table

'Here is the coffin...'

157

(2)

'Voici le cerceuil...

'Vive la France!'

159

(1)

'Vive la France!'

'Harden old heart...'

159

(2)

'Endurcis-toi vieux cæur...

Letter to Andre Billy 9 April 1915

161

(2)

[Poème épistolaire]

Inscription on Apollinaire's Tombstone

163

(2)

Inscription qui se trouve sur lc tombeau d'Apollinaire

NOTES

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