Guillaume Apollinaire: Quotes about life
Guillaume Apollinaire was French poet. Explore interesting quotes on life.Guillaume Apollinaire: 56 quotes9 likes
“And love runs down like this
Water, love runs down.
How slow life is,
How violent hope is.”
Guillaume Apollinaire book Alcools
L'amour s'en va comme cette eau courante
L'amour s'en va
Comme la vie est lente
Et comme l'Espérance est violente
"Le Pont Mirabeau" (Mirabeau Bridge), line 13; translation by William Meredith, from Francis Steegmuller Apollinaire: Poet Among the Painters (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973) p. 193.
Alcools (1912)
“And for your eyes my life takes poison slowly.”
Guillaume Apollinaire book Alcools
Et ma vie pour tes yeux lentement s'empoisonne
"Les colchiques" (The Saffrons), line 7; translation from Donald Revell (trans.) Alcools (Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 1995) p. 35.
Alcools (1912)