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by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917)

Barcarolle
Language: French (Français) 
I
Le flot bleu berce mon rêve, 
Il m'entraîne au gré des vents, 
Et je veux voguer sans trêve 
Loin du monde des vivants.

Je m'envole dans la lumière 
Vers les infinis de l'amour 
A tout jamais.

II
A la brise caressante , 
Je dis tout bas mon secret 
Et le doux nom de l'absente... 
L'Océan sera discret.

Qu'importé ma vaine prière 
 toi que j'ai fui sans retour 
Et que j'aimais?

III
J'ai l'amour et je l'emporte, 
Mon coeur étreint ta beauté, 
Et mon. ivresse est si forte, 
Qu'il lui faut nminèftslté.

Le rêve vaut mieux que la vie 
Et de toi j'ai l'âmé ravie A tout jamais.

Confirmed with Judith Gautier, Poésies, E. Fasquelle, Paris, 1911, p.61


Text Authorship:

  • by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917), "Barcarolle", appears in Au gré du rêve [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 Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (1882 - 1955), "Barcarolle", published 1920 [ medium voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 10, Paris, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-30
Line count: 23
Word count: 109

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