Si lourd, si tranquille et si brave Le beau navire au rêve clair Porte son espoir sur la mer Comme un fanal à son étrave. Au loin, le ciel est plein d’extase Et de féerie et plein de jour, Et c’est mon âme qui s’embrase Et défaille vers tant d’amour; Mon âme seule qui désire A toutes voiles, son reveil, Et qui luit comme un beau navire, Dans le sillage du soleil! Prends-la cette âme illuminée Et prends aussi, prends à pleins bras Ainsi le veut la destinée Ma vie a jamais entraînée Vers toi qui m’appelle là-bas!
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Text Authorship:
- by Georges Delaquys (1880 - 1970), "Le beau navire", appears in La bonne clairière, first published 1911 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Le beau navire", 1910, copyright © 1914, first performed 1910 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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