Le Dromadaire
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG GER ITA
Avec ses quatre dromadaires
Don Pedro d'Alfaroubeira
Courut le monde et l'admira.
Il fit ce que je voudrais faire
Si j'avais quatre dromadaires.
First published in the revue La Phalange, no. 24, June 15, 1908, no. 9 in La Marchande des quatre saisons ou le bestiaire mondain
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jean Absil (1893 - 1974), "Le Dromadaire", op. 58 no. 1 (1944), published 1964 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], from Bestiaire. Cinq petites pièces pour quatuor vocal mixte sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, no. 1, Paris : Henry Lemoine & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Ballif (1924 - 2004), "Le Dromadaire", op. 1b no. 10 (1945-48), published 1994 [ voice and piano ], from Le Cortège d’Orphée, no. 10, Édition Durand & Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Régis Campo (b. 1968), "Le Dromadaire", 2007-08 [ soprano and orchestra or piano ], from Le Bestiaire, no. 4, Éd. Henry Lemoine (piano reduction) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Cornman (1924 - 2008), "Le Dromadaire", 1961-1963 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Bestiaire (alpha) ou cortège d'Orphée, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Le Dromadaire", op. 17a no. 10 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Le Dromadaire", FP 15a no. 1 (1919), published 1920 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Le Bestiaire ou cortège d'Orphée, no. 1, Éd. de La Sirène [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The dromedary", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Das Dromedar", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Il dromedario", copyright © 2010, (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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The dromedary
Language: English  after the French (Français)
With his four dromedaries,
Don Pedro d'Alfaroubeira
Wandered and wondered at the world.
He did what I would like to do
If I had four dromedaries.
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