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Le long du Quai, les grands vaisseaux, Que la houle incline en silence, Ne prennent pas garde aux berceaux, Que la main des femmes balance. Mais viendra le jour des adieux, Car il faut que les femmes pleurent, Et que les hommes curieux Tentent les horizons qui leurrent ! Et ce jour-là les grands vaisseaux, Fuyant le port qui diminue, Sentent leur masse retenue Par l'âme des lointains berceaux.
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Authorship:
- by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), title 1: "Le long du quai", title 2: "Le Long du quai", written 1865, appears in Stances et Poèmes, in 1. Stances, in 4. Mélanges, no. 16, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866 [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 Guy d'Arvor , as Albert Voisin, "Le Long du Quai", subtitle: "Berceuse", <<1899 [ medium voice, piano, and cello ad libitum ], Paris, Éd. Blanc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul-Charles-Marie Curet (1848 - 1917), as Paul Puget, "Le long du quai, les grands vaisseaux", published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, Vol. 2, no. 16, Paris, Éd. Henry Lemoine & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Les Berceaux", op. 23 no. 1 (1879), published 1881, first performed 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], Éditions J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953), "Les berceaux", 1893 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Jumel (1877 - 1898), "Le Long du quai", 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 2, Éd. Mutuelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by C. Renvoisé , "Le long du quai", <<1911 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2016
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , no title, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , no title, copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , no title, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , no title, copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , no title, copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69
Al llarg del moll, els grans vaixells que la marejada inclina en silenci, no paren esment als bressols que la mà de les dones bressen. Però vindrà el dia dels adéus, car cal que les dones plorin, i que els homes curiosos temptin els horitzons que els atrauen! I aquell dia els gran vaixells, marxant dels port que es veu més petit, senten el seu ésser retingut per l’ànima dels bressols llunyans.
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Translations of title(s):
"Le Long du quai" = "Al llarg del moll"
"Le long du quai, les grands vaisseaux" = "Al llarg del moll, els grans vaixells"
"Les berceaux" = "Els bressols"
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), title 1: "Le long du quai", title 2: "Le Long du quai", written 1865, appears in Stances et Poèmes, in 1. Stances, in 4. Mélanges, no. 16, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 72