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by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935)

La mer
 (Sung text for setting by C. Widor)
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Language: French (Français) 
La mer énorme se soulève,
Je suis comme un enfant perdu.
O mer! Quand m'emporteras-tu
Vers le pays où vit mon rêve?... 

J'entends crier le goëland, 
Comme lui mon coeur est sauvage; 
Il eut jadis son doux servage, 
D'oiseau caressé, mais tremblant... 

Le vent creuse les lames hautes. 
Je sens passer soudain en moi 
Un peu du frissonant émoi 
De ces lames le long des côtes.... 

Elles et moi, d'après amours 
Nous précipitent vers notre astre, 
Et le meme odieux désastre 
Nous fait rouler bien loin, toujours....

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "La mer", op. 75 no. 1, published 1902 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons de Mer, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Au bord de la mer", written 1881, appears in Les Aveux, in Dilettantisme, in En voyage, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1882

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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-16
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