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by René Morax (1873 - 1963)
Translation © by Peter Low
Chanson des Sirènes
Language: French (Français) after the Danish (Dansk)
Available translation(s): ENG
Dans le vent et dans le flot dissous toi fragile écume Dissous toi dans un sanglot pauvre cœur rempli d'amertume Prends ton vol dans le ciel bleu vois la mort n'est pas cruelle. Tu auras la paix de Dieu viens à nous âme immortelle...
Authorship
- by René Morax (1873 - 1963) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), from "La petite sirène" [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Chanson des Sirènes", H. 63 no. 1 (1926), published 1927 [soprano, flute, string quartet or voice and piano], from Trois Chansons de la Petite Sirène, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The song of the mermaids", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The song of the mermaids
Language: English after the French (Français)
In the wind and in the waves, dissolve, oh fragile foam. Dissolve into a teardrop, poor heart filled with bitterness Take flight into the blue sky. See - death is not cruel. God's peace will be yours, come to us, immortal soul.
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- a text in French (Français) by René Morax (1873 - 1963)
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), from "La petite sirène" [text unavailable]