Le soleil tout là bas descend, plus bas encor, encor, Et verse sur la mer un miroitement d’or. Le jour se meurt parmi le calme et le silence. Pas de vagues, la barque à peine se balance. Puis, du sombre horizon l’astre pâle émérgeant Le répond sur les flots qui seintillent d’argent. Et pourtant le pêcheur reste triste en sa barque. Hélas, le vent? Nul! L’eau? Trop claire... Alors il s’arque à l’arrière, Et n’ayant pu prendre un seul poisson... Enrythment ses efforts d’une vieille chanson Sous l’inmmobilité de la grand voile brune Il hale ses filets...tout ruisselants de lune.
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Text Authorship:
- by Gaston Sorbets (1874 - 1955) [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 Lluïsa Casagemas i Coll (1873 - 1930), "Accalmie" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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