Die Matrosen | Auf dem blauen tiefen Wasser

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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Translation © by Nele Gramß

Les Matelots

(Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: French (Français)

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Sur l'eau bleue et profonde
Nous allons voyageant,
Environnant le monde
D'un sillage d'argent,
Des îles de la Sonde,
De l'Inde au ciel brûlé,
Jusqu'au pôle gelé...

 ... 

Nous pensons à la terre
Que nous fuyons toujours,
À notre vieille mère,
À nos jeunes amours ;
Mais la vague légère
Avec son doux refrain
Endort notre chagrin.

 ... 

Existence sublime !
Bercés par notre nid,
Nous vivons sur l'abîme
Au sein de l'infini ;
Des flots rasant la cime,
Dans le grand désert bleu
Nous marchons avec Dieu !

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,5 of the original text.

Composition:

Gabriel Fauré

Text Authorship:

by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Les matelots", written 1841, appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , "The sailors", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Die Matrosen", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Die Matrosen

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Auf dem blauen tiefen Wasser
reisen wir.
Wir umrunden die Welt
mit silbernem Kielwasser,
von den Sundainseln,
von Indiens Wüstenhimmel
bis zum eisigen Pol.

 ... 









Erhabenes Dasein,
gewiegt in unserem Nest
leben wir über dem Abgrund
am Busen des Unendlichen.
Wir schneiden die Wellenberge
und wandern in der großen blauen Wüste
mit Gott.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,5 of the original text.

Note: this is a translation of Fauré's setting.

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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
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