by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Près de la mer
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
[Écoûte]1 la chanson des flots, Leurs rires, leurs cris, leurs sanglots. En chantant, ils rongent dans l'ombre Les os blanchis de morts sans nombre. Rires confus, cris ou sanglots, Entends-tu la chanson des flots ? Joyeuse, plaintive, ironique, Elle est si vague, leur musique ! Rires confus, cris ou sanglots, Écoute la chanson des flots. La nuit vient : les cieux et la terre Sont tout effrayants de mystère. Entends-tu la chanson des flots, Leurs rires, leurs cris, leurs sanglots? Nous contemplons la mer immense : — Où va notre amour qui commence?
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Confirmed with L'Illusion, third edition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, pages 24-25.
1 Lambotte: "Entends-tu"; further changes may exist not shown above.Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Près de la mer", written 1875, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, first published 1875 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Près de la mer", published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by François Berthet (1873 - 1956), "Près de la mer", op. 3 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Joanin & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by François Berthet (1873 - 1956), "Près de la mer", op. 3 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Joanin & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959), "Près de la mer", 1898 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "Près de la mer", op. 57 (1919) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lucien Lambotte (1888 - 1969), "Près de la mer", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Beside the Sea", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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