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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

La mer
 (Sung text for setting by A. Dufresne)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Quels sont ces bruits sourds ?
Écoutez vers l'onde
Cette voix profonde
Qui pleure toujours.
Pas d'ancre de fer
Que le flot ne rompe. --
Le vent de la mer
Souffle dans sa trompe !

Comme il pleut ce soir !
N'est-ce pas, mon hôte ?
Là-bas, à la côte,
Le ciel est bien noir,
La mer est bien haute !
Pas d'ancre de fer
Que le flot ne rompe. --
Le vent de la mer
Souffle dans sa trompe.

Oh ! marins perdus !
Au loin, dans cette ombre,
Sur la nef qui sombre,
Que de bras tendus
Vers la terre sombre !
Pas d'ancre de fer
Que le flot ne rompe... —
Le vent de la mer
Souffle dans sa trompe.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Alfred Dufresne (1822 - 1863), "La mer", stanzas 1-3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les soirées d'automne, douze mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Éditions E. Heu

Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Une nuit qu'on entendait la mer sans la voir", written 1836, appears in Les voix intérieures, no. 24, first published 1837

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 45
Word count: 191

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