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by Prosper Blanchemain (1816 - 1879)

Le matelot sait bien que les mers sont...
Language: French (Français) 
Le matelot sait bien que les mers sont perfides. 
Et pourtant il s'élance, à travers les écueils, 
Sur ces flots orageux, dont les lèvres livides 
     S'ouvrent comme autant de cercueils. 

Le chien sait que le maltre est cruel et colère, 
Et que le fouet barbare a déchiré son flanc ; 
Cependant il revient lécher la main sévère 
     Qui tient encore le fouet sanglant. 

O mon creur ! sa tendresse est pareille aux flots mêmes : 
Elle t'a flagellé de son rire moqueur , 
Et pourtant tu reviens baiser ses pieds ...  tu l'aimes, 
     O mon coeur, ó mon lâche coeur ! 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Prosper Blanchemain (1816 - 1879), "Le matelot sait bien que les mers sont perfides" [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 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Amour fatal", op. 11 no. ?, published c1874 [ voice and piano ], Paris : Durand [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 96

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