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Murmure autour de ma nacelle, Douce mer dont les flots chéris, Ainsi qu'une amante fidèle, Jettent une plainte eternelle Sur ces poétique débris. Que j'aime à flotter sur ton onde, À l'heure où du haut du rocher L'oranger, la vigne féconde, Versent sur ta vague profonde Une ombre propice au nocher! ... Ah! berce, berce, berce encore, Berce pour la dernière fois, Berce cet enfant qui t'adore, Et qui depuis sa tendre aurore N'a rêvé que l'onde et les bois! Le Dieu qui décora le monde De ton élément gracieux, Afin qu'ici tout se réponde, Fit les cieux pour briller sur l'onde, L'onde pour réfléchir les cieux. ... Partout, sur ta rive chérie, Où l'amour éveilla mon coeur, Mon âme, à sa vue attendrie, Trouve un asile, une patrie, Et des débris de son bonheur, Flotte au hasard : sur quelque plage Que tu me fasses dériver, Chaque flot m'apporte une image; Chaque rocher de ton rivage Me fait souvenir ou rêver...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,5-6,17-18 of the original text.
Note: the Unger score has "Jettant" in stanza 1, line 4, word 1, in all repetitions.
Composition:
- Set to music by François Gabriel Grast (1803 - 1871), "Adieux à la mer", stanzas 1-2,5-6,17-18
Text Authorship:
- by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "Adieux à la mer", written 1820, appears in Nouvelles méditations poétiques, no. 20
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Dolce mare", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 502
Mormora intorno alla mia navicella, o dolce mare le cui onde delicate, come un'amante fedele, piangono un compianto eterno su questi frammenti di poesia. Quanto amo fluttuare sulla tua onda, quando dalla cima della roccia l'arancio, la vite fertile, spandono sui tuoi flutti profondi l'ombra, propizia al nocchiero! ... ... ... ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,5-6,17-18 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2007 by Enrico Magnani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790 - 1869), "Adieux à la mer", written 1820, appears in Nouvelles méditations poétiques, no. 20
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