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

Là‑bas
 (Sung text for setting by L. Kok)
 Matches original text
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...

Composition:

    Set to music 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

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

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-07-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 72

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