Barcarolle | I am a Gondolier of Rialto

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by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Barcarolle

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Gondolier du Rialto
Mon château 
C'est la lagune,
Mon jardin c'est le Lido.
Mon rideau, 
Le clair de lune.

Gondolier du grand canal,
Pour fanal 
J'ai la croisée
Où s'allument tous les soirs,
Tes yeux noirs, 
Mon épousée.

Ma gondole est aux heureux :
Deux à deux, 
Je la promène,
Et les vents légers et frais
Sont discrets 
Sur mon domaine.

J'ai passé dans les amours,
Plus de jours 
Et de nuits folles,
Que Venise n'a d'îlots
Que ses flots 
N'ont de gondoles.

Text Authorship:

by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885), "Barcarolle", written 1872, appears in Poésies, in 2. Musiques, no. 6, Paris, Librairie Sandoz & Fischbacher, first published 1878 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Barcarolle", op. 7 no. 3 (1873), published 1877 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Catherine d'Ollone, née Catherine de Pontière (1882 - 1954), "Barcarolle", published 1925? [ low voice and piano ], Ed. Maurice Senart (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Barcarola", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Barcarolle", copyright ©

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 82

Barcarolle

Language: English after the French (Français)

 I am a Gondolier of Rialto;
 my castle is the lagoon,
 and my garden is the Lido.
 My curtains are the light of the moon.
 I am a Gondolier of the Great Canal:
 as a beacon I have the window
 illuminated every night 
 by your dark eyes, my wife.
 My gondola is for the happy,
 and I take them out two by two;
 and the light, fresh breezes
 are discreet in my domain.
 I have passed in my love
 more intoxicated days and nights
 than Venice has islands,
 than even its streams have gondolas.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885), "Barcarolle", written 1872, appears in Poésies, in 2. Musiques, no. 6, Paris, Librairie Sandoz & Fischbacher, first published 1878
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95