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by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)

Les vrais Voyageurs
 (Sung text for setting by G. Bachlund)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
 ... 

Un matin nous partons, le cerveau plein de flamme,
Le cœur gros de rancune et de désirs amers,
Et nous allons, suivant le rhythme de la lame,
Berçant notre infini sur le fini des mers : 

 ... 

Mais les vrais voyageurs sont ceux-là seuls qui partent
Pour partir ; cœurs légers, semblables aux ballons,
De leur fatalité jamais ils ne s'écartent,
Et, sans savoir pourquoi, disent toujours : Allons !

Composition:

    Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Les vrais Voyageurs", 1990, stanzas 2, 5 [ medium voice and piano ], from La Mort, no. 8

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), no title, appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 6. La Mort, in 126. Le Voyage, no. 1, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1861

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Goll) , no title
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Stefan George) , no title, appears in Die Blumen des Bösen, in Der Tod, in Die Reise, no. 1
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva) , no title


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 190

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