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

Les Matelots
 (Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG GER
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 !

Composition:

    Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Les Matelots", op. 2 no. 2 (1867), published 1876, stanzas 1,3,5 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Choudens

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

  • 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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 35
Word count: 142

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