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by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907)

S'asseoir tous deux au bord d'un flot...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG GER ITA SPA SPA SPA
S'asseoir tous deux au bord [d'un]1 flot qui passe,
  Le voir passer ;
Tous deux, s'il glisse un nuage en l'espace,
  Le voir glisser ;
À l'horizon, s'il fume un toit de chaume,
  Le voir fumer ;
Aux alentours si quelque fleur embaume,
  S'en embaumer ;
Si quelque fruit, où les abeilles goûtent,
  Tente, y goûter ;
Si quelque oiseau, dans les bois qui l'écoutent,
  Chante, écouter...
Entendre au pied du saule où l'eau murmure
  L'eau murmurer ;
Ne pas sentir, tant que ce rêve dure,
  Le temps durer ;
Mais n'apportant de passion profonde
  Qu'à s'adorer,
Sans [nul]2 souci des querelles du monde,
  Les ignorer ;
Et seuls, [heureux]3 devant tout ce qui [lasse]4,
  Sans se lasser,
Sentir l'amour, devant tout ce qui passe,
  Ne point passer !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Fauré •   L. Sachs •   P. Viardot 

G. Fauré sets lines 1-8, 13-24
P. Viardot sets lines 1-8, 13-24

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1 Fauré: "du"
2 Viardot: "un"
3 Fauré, Sachs: "tous deux"
4 Viardot, Sachs: "passe"

Text Authorship:

  • by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Au bord de l'eau", written c1872, appears in Les vaines tendresses, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1878 [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 Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi (1845 - 1924), "Tous deux", published [1885] [ vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano ], from Nouvelles Mélodies, no. 7, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel et Fils [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alfredo-Antonio-Maria Barbirolli (1871 - 1931), "Au Bord de l'eau", <<1901 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. F. Laurens [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Léon Delafosse (1874 - 1951), "Au bord d'un flot qui passe", published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], from Six mélodies pour une ou deux voix et piano, no. 3, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Au bord de l'eau", published 1900 [ high voice and piano ], from Vaines Tendresses, 6 poésies de Sully-Prudhomme, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Au Bord de l'eau", op. 8 no. 1 (1875), published 1877, first performed 1878, lines 1-8,13-24 [ voice and piano ], listen to Benoît Rivillon's spoken-text overlay (a useful tool for students) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Edmond Hippeau (1849 - 1921), "Ceux qui aiment", subtitle: "Au bord de l'eau", op. 74, published [1903] [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Paris, Éd. E. Fromont [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jenő Hubay (1858 - 1937), "Au bord de l'eau", op. 17 (Cinq mélodies) no. 4, published 1890 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Catherine d'Ollone, née Catherine de Pontière (1882 - 1954), "Au bord de l'eau", published 1925? [ low voice and piano ], Éd. Maurice Senart (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Au bord de l'eau", 1885 [ vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Léo Sachs (1856 - 1930), "Au bord de l'eau", op. 118 (<<1909) [ high voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies, no. 1, Éd. L. Grus [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jeff Smallman (b. 1965), "Au bord de l'eau", published 2003 [ high voice and piano ], from Tableaux éternels, no. 5, Hensall, Ontario (Canada), Lighthouse Music Publications [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges Taconet (1889 - 1962), "Au bord de l'eau", op. 40 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Viardot (1857 - 1941), "Au bord de l'eau", published 1887, lines 1-8,13-24 [ high voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, poésies de T. Gautier, M. Carré, Sully Prudhomme et M. Bouchor, no. 4, Paris, Henri Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Au bord de l'eau", published 1887?8 [ voice and piano ], London: Pitt and Hatzfeld [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Peter Low) , no title, copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Am Ufer", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Al borde del agua", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Al borde del agua", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "Al borde del agua", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 125

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