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Pleurons nos chagrins, chacun le nôtre,
Une larme tombe, puis une autre,
Toi, [qui]1 pleures-tu ? Ton doux pays,
Tes parents lointains, ta fiancée.
Moi, mon existence dépensée
En vœux trahis.
Pleurons nos chagrins, chacun le nôtre.
Une larme tombe, puis une autre.
Semons dans la mer ces pâles fleurs.
À notre sanglot qui se lamente
Elle répondra par la tourmente
Des flots hurleurs.
Pleurons nos chagrins, chacun le nôtre.
Une larme tombe, puis une autre.
Le flux de la mer en est grossi
Et d'une salure plus épaisse,
Depuis si longtemps que notre espèce
Y pleure ainsi.
Pleurons nos chagrins, chacun le nôtre.
Une larme tombe, puis une autre.
Peut-être toi-même, ô triste mer,
Mer au goût de larme âcre et salée,
Es-tu de la terre inconsolée
Le pleur amer.
G. Fauré sets stanzas 1-2, 4
A. Casella sets stanzas 1-2, 4
A. Flégier sets stanzas 1-2, 4
G. Kéfer sets stanzas 1-2
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Larmes", appears in La Mer, in 6. Étant de quart, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Maurice Dreyfous, first published 1886 [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 Charles Callon , "Larmes", op. 18 [ high voice and piano ], from Poèmes de la Mer, no. 2, Éd. E. Demets [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfredo Casella (1883 - 1947), "Larmes", op. 2 (Mélodies - Premier cahier) no. 1 (1902), stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ], Éd. Albert Zunz Mathot (Salabert) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Larmes", op. 44 no. 16 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt Poèmes de Jean Richepin, no. 16, Éd. "Au Menestrel" Henri Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Larmes", op. 51 no. 1 (1888), published 1888, stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "Les Larmes", subtitle: "Lamento", published [1893], stanzas 1-2,4 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 5, Éd. Émile Gallet; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marie Jaëll (1846 - 1925), "Larmes", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from La Mer, poème de Jean Richepin, no. 6, Paris, Éditions Paul Dupont [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustave Kéfer (b. 1855), "Larmes", op. 2 no. 7, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], from Huit mélodies, no. 7, Leipzig, Éd. Otto Junne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Larmes", op. 89 no. 1 (2002) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Texten von Jean Richepin, no. 1 [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 (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Tränen", copyright © 2007, (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: 24
Word count: 130
We mourn our griefs, each of us,
One tear follows, then another,
You, who do you weep for? Your sweet homeland,
Your faraway parents, your fiancée.
For me, [I weep for] my existence, wasted
On broken vows.
We mourn our griefs, each of us.
One tear follows, then another.
Let's sew the sea with these pale flowers.
To our sobs of lament
[the sea] will respond with the turmoil
Of howling waves.
We mourn our griefs, each of us.
One tear follows, then another.
The flow of the tides is magnified
And it grows saltier,
As long as our species
Mourns there as well.
We mourn our griefs, each of us.
One tear follows, then another.
Perhaps you yourself, oh sad sea,
Sea that tastes of acrid, salty tears,
Are, for the inconsolable earth,
Weeping bitterly.
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Translations of title(s):
"Les larmes" = "The tears"
"Larmes" = "Tears"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2020 by Laura Prichard, (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 Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Larmes", appears in La Mer, in 6. Étant de quart, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Maurice Dreyfous, first published 1886
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 136