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by Joseph Antoine Autran (1813 - 1877)

Mer calme
 (Sung text for setting by M. Saindon)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Il est nuit : la mer dans son lit repose, 
Assoupie au loin si tranquillement 
Que pas une brise à cette heure n'ose 
Troubler d'un baiser son recueillement.

Sans murmure aucun, sans aucune ride, 
Qu'elle est belle à voir cette mer qui dort, 
Laissant admirer dans le flot limpide 
A la claire nuit ses étoiles d'or !

Pour jouir ainsi de ce calme immense, 
Quel est ton secret, ô mer ?  ...  
Car je sais un cœur, un cœur en démence, 
Qui voudrait enfin dormir comme toi !

Composition:

    Set to music by Marie-Claire Saindon (b. 1984), "Mer calme" [ men's chorus ], MusicSpoke
        Publisher: MusicSpoke [external link]

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Antoine Autran (1813 - 1877), "Mer calme", written 1852?, appears in Les poèmes de la mer, in 2. Méditerranée, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Michel Lévy

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 86

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