by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
On entend au loin
Language: French (Français)
On entend au loin Crier le cabestan d’une ancre qui se lève. Des chevaux sur la grève Traînent des chariots chargés de goémons; Des femmes remuant le sable et le limon, Passent, la trouble en main et rôdent, jambes nues. De grands oiseaux blancs vont et viennent dans les nues. A l’horizon la mer, sans fond comme la nuit.
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Text Authorship:
- by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Océan [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 Elizabeth Illouz (b. 1926), as Betsy Jolas, "On entend au loin", <<2004 [ baritone and piano ], from L'Œil égaré, Six chants pour baryton & piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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