Une barque arrive Et glisse au bruit des rames ; Je m'assieds en chantant sur la rive Et le bonheur fleurit dans mon âme. Une barque s'arrête et repose Au bord de la grève ; Je souris en cueillant la petite rose De deux lèvres. Une barque danse sur le fleuve et s'enfuit, Une chanson d'amour s'éloigne et meurt ; La lune est comme une barque d'or dans la nuit, Et je pleure...
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, 1903, pages 116-117.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson au bord de l'eau", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [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 José André (1881 - 1944), "Chanson au bord de l'eau", 1928 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies et chansons, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Chanson au bord de l'eau", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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