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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

En ramant
 (Sung text for setting by A. Casella)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Sur la mer qui brame
Le bateau partit,
Tout seul, tout petit,
Sans voile, à la rame.

Si nous chavirons
Plus ne reviendrons
Sur les avirons
  Tirons !

La mer est méchante ;
Mais l'homme joyeaux
N'a pas froid aux yeux.
Elle gueule. Il chante.

Si nous chavirons,
Nous le sentirons
Sur les avirons
  Tirons !

 ... 

Sur la mer qui roule
Et vomit l'embrun
Le ciel lourd et brun
En trombe s'écroule.

Si nous ne virons,
Nous y périrons.
Sur les avirons
  Tirons !

Sur la mer qui brame
Il est revenu
Tout seul et tout nu
Le bateau sans rame.

Plus ne partirons,
Plus ne reviendrons.
Sous les goëmons
  Dormons !

Composition:

    Set to music by Alfredo Casella (1883 - 1947), "En ramant", op. 9 no. 3 (1905), stanzas 1-4,7-10 [ voice and piano ], from Trois Lyriques, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "En ramant", written 1886, appears in La Mer, in 5. Les gas, no. 2, Paris, Maurice Dreyfous, first published 1886

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-13
Line count: 40
Word count: 132

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