however what a European Guillaume was:
Guillaume Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky kept his origin secret, but he was probably born in Rome as the illegitimate son of a Polish adventurer called Angelica de Kostrowitzky, a rebellious Polish girl. His father was possibly a Swiss-Italian aristocrat, Francesco Flugi d'Aspermont. He disappeared early from Apollinaire's life, and the future poet was raised by his gambling mother in Italy, in Monaco, on the French Riviera, and in Paris. In his youth Apollinaire assumed the identity of a Russian prince. He received a French education at the Collège Saint-Charles in Monaco, and afterwards in schools in Cannes and Nice. During the summer of 1899 he traveled in the Ardennes region of Belgium.
Under the Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine, And it has to be that I'm reminded of our love Joy always came after pain. Comes the night, rings the hour The days go by, I remain. Hand in hand let's stay face to face While beneath The bridge of our arms passes The weary wave of eternal gazes Comes the night etc Love goes away like this flowing water Love goes away How life is slow And how hope is violent Comes the night etc Pass the days and pass the weeks Nor past time Nor love return Under the Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine. Comes the night, rings the hour, The days go by, I remain.
Comes the night, rings the hour The days go by, I remain.
Hand in hand let's stay face to face While beneath The bridge of our arms passes The weary wave of eternal gazes
Comes the night etc
Love goes away like this flowing water Love goes away How life is slow And how hope is violent
Pass the days and pass the weeks Nor past time Nor love return Under the Mirabeau Bridge flows the Seine.
Comes the night, rings the hour, The days go by, I remain.
Famously set to music and sung by Léo Ferré.
