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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

La mer
 (Sung text for setting by A. Castillon)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ô Mer, sinistre mer, que la bise d'automne
Secoue et fait claquer ainsi qu'un vain lambeau :
Ô Mer, joyeuse Mer, magnifique manteau
Qu'agraffe le soleil aux flancs nus de Latone ;

Ô Mer, sinistre mer, dont les gémissements
Troublent l'esprit nocturne attardé sur les grèves ;
Ô Mer, joyeuse mer qui, pour bercer les rêves,
As des bruits de baisers et des frémissements ;

Ô Mer, sinistre mer, pleine de funérailles !
Ô Mer, joyeuse mer, qui peuple un flot vivant !
La vie avec la mort en toi semblent  ... 
S'unir pour féconder tes profondes entrailles.

 ... 

Puisque, sans te lasser, l'âpre travail du vent
Engloutit dans tes flancs de charnelles semailles,
Ô Mer, sinistre Mer, pleinde de funérailles !
Ô Mer, joyeuse Mer qui peuple un flot vivant!

Composition:

    Set to music by Alexis de Castillon (1838 - 1873), "La mer", op. 8 no. 4 (1868-73), stanzas 1-3,6 [ low voice and piano or orchestra ], from Six poésies d'Armand Silvestre, no. 4, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "La mer", appears in La vie, in 3. La vie des morts, no. 6

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Moře", first published 1877
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The sea", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 185

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