Remous de la mer autour des rochers, à l'heure où s'engouffre un soleil banni dans l'abîme noir, tragique harmonie, voix confuses des sirènes cachées, voix confuses des sirènes cachées, vous me faites peur quand je vois sortir, d'une anse embrunie, ces bateaux légers, qui penchent leurs voiles comme pour ouïr le râle infini de l'astre immergé
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Confirmed with Paul Fort, Les nocturnes, E. Figuière et cie ,1914, p.32
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "La mort des voiles", appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 1. Nocturnes, no. 33 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908 - 2002), "La mort des voiles", 1931, first performed 1932 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucie Vellère (1896 - 1966), "La mort des voiles", 1918 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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