Out there, on the ocean

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by Jacques Clary Jean Normand (1848 - 1931), as Jacques Madeleine

Translation © by Peter Low

Là‑bas, sur la mer

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

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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Confirmed 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]

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Out there, on the ocean

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Language: English after the French (Français)

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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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
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