Mélancolique Mer | Mélancolique mer que je ne connais pas

by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

Mélancolique mer que je ne connais pas

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Mélancolique mer que je ne connais pas, 
Tu vas m'envelopper dans ta brume légère 
Sur ton sable mouillé je marquerai mes pas, 
Et j'oublierai soudain et la ville et la terre.

Ô mer, ô tristes flots, saurez-vous, dans vos bruits 
Qui viendront expirer sur les sables sauvages, 
Bercer jusqu'à la mort mon coeur, et ses ennuis 
Qui ne se plaisent plus qu'aux beautés des naufrages ?

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Text Authorship:

by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, appears in Les Stances, in 1. Stances, premier livre, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque artistique et littéraire, first published 1899 [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 Jean-Robert Blanc (b. 1907), "La mer", published 1935 [ high voice and piano ], from Six mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Mélancolique mer que je ne connais pas", 1927, published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Sonatines vocales sur des poèmes de Jean Moréas - 4. Océan, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Francès (1919 - 2012), "Mélancolique Mer", published 2002 [ high voice and piano ], from Paysages musicaux, no. 6, Paris, Éditions Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
by Nicolas Hussein (b. 1987), "Mélancolique mer", op. 2 (4 mélodies pour voix moyenne et piano) no. 1, published 2017, first performed 2015 [ voice and piano ], Éd. In Nomine [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-15
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Word count: 65