by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Nuit devant la mer
Language: French (Français)
Tous deux, naguère, assis la nuit sur ce rivage, Nous écoutions pleurer les harpes de la mer : La mer bondit ce soir, amoureuse, sauvage ; Flots qui hurlez, mon cœur comme vous est amer ! C'est comme un bruit sans fin de sanglots et de râles, Les grands flots vers le ciel montent désespérés : Et la lune et la mer s'attirent et sont pâles, Ainsi que deux amants que l'on a séparés.
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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, 3rd edition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, page 44.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Nuit devant la mer", appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Charlotte Devéria, née Thomas (1856 - 1885), "Nuit devant la mer" [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 3ème recueil, no. 7, Éd. "Au Ménestrel", Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Lambotte (1888 - 1969), "Nuit devant la mer", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Nérini (1882 - 1961), "Nuit devant la mer", published [1909] [ voice and piano ], from Cinq Mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
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