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by Émile Millet (1813 - 1882)

Le matelot
Language: French (Français) 
Le navire
Vire
En fendant les flots,
Et sa quille
Brille
Au milieu des eau.

Quand la brise
Grise
Souffle avec fureur,
La patrie
Crie
Bien fort dans le cœur.

Et sur l'onde
Blonde
Au loin on croit voir
Sa figure
Pure
Comme en un miroir.

Sur la face
Passe,
Regret d'avenir,
Une haleine
Pleine
D'un doux souvenir.

La chaumière
Chère
Nous revient au cœur,
Et notre âme
Blâme
Du marin l'erreur.

Mais quand l'ombre
Sombre
S'enfuit loin de nous,
Quand l'aurore
Dore
Des cieux sans courroux.

Dans sa flamme
L'âme
S'oubliant souvent
Satisfaite
Jette
Ses regrets au vent.

Sans entrave
Brave
Une horrible mort,
Et contente
Tente
De nouveau le sort.

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Millet (1813 - 1882)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Émile Millet (1813 - 1882), "Le matelot", subtitle: "Marine", published c1877 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 14, Paris, Éd. Choudens [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-08-12
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