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Là-bas, sur la mer, La lune se lève Dans le lointain clair Et va, comme un rêve. La lune se lève... La lune s'en va... Oh ! regardons-la ! Vers une autre grève Emportant mon rêve, La lune s'en va, La lune se lève... La lune s'en va... Notre vie est brève Tout part, tout s’enfuit. Dans la mer, la nuit, S'en va notre rêve... La lune se lève... La lune s'en va...
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Gérard Walch, Anthologie des poètes français contemporains, Ch. Delagrave, éditeur ; A.-W. Sijthoff, éditeur, Tome deuxième, 1906, page 182.
Text Authorship:
- by Jacques Clary Jean Normand (1848 - 1931), as Jacques Madeleine, "Là-bas", appears in Brunettes, ou Petits airs tendres, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, p. 31, first published 1892 [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 Alfredo Amadei , "Là-bas", copyright © 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies, Chant et piano, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Louis Rouhier (A.2.A.) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959), "Là-bas", subtitle: "Mélodie pour piano & chant (mezzo ou soprano)", B. 17 (1898) [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Mathieu Crickboom (1871 - 1947), "Là-bas", op. 12 (Dix Mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 5 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marcel Gennaro (1886 - 1977), "Là-bas", published 1921 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. R. Fornari [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léopold Ketten (1846 - 1932), "Là-bas" [ voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, recueil 2, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léo Kok (1893 - 1992), "Là-bas", 1916-1918, published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies retrouvées, no. 5, Paris : Editions G.L.M [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Arturo Luzzatti (1875 - 1959), "Là-bas", published [1911] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand Masson (d. 1942), "Là-bas, sur la mer", 1914, published [1914] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Carl Selva [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fabert Mayer , "Là‑bas", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catherine Urner (1891 - 1942), "La Lune Se Lève" [ voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 72
Out there, on the ocean the moon is rising in the clear distance, and moving, like a dream. The moon is rising... the moon moves away... Oh! Let's watch it! Towards another shore, carrying my dream the moon moves away... The moon is rising... the moon moves away... Our life is short, everything goes, everything flees. In the ocean, at night, our dream departs. The moon is rising... the moon moves away...
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Jacques Clary Jean Normand (1848 - 1931), as Jacques Madeleine, "Là-bas", appears in Brunettes, ou Petits airs tendres, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, p. 31, first published 1892
This text was added to the website: 2021-11-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 73