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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

En ramant
 (Sung text for setting by A. Casella)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
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 joyeux
N'a pas froid aux yeux.
Elle gueule. Il chante.
Si nous chavirons,
Nous le sentirons
Sur les avirons
  Tirons !

Sur la mer qui rage
Le bateau dansa.
Nous connaissons ça,
Et bren pour l'orage !
Point ne chavirons.
Nous en reviendrons.
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 !

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "While rowing", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Low [Guest Editor]

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

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