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by Anatole le Braz (1859 - 1926)

Chanson de bord
Language: French (Français) 
Mon cœur est sur ton amour,
Comme est la barque sur l'onde.
Mon cœur vogue, nuit et jour,
Sur ta grande amour profonde.

S'il a bon vent et ciel clair,
J'en bénirai Notre Dame
La mer est fausse: la mer 
Est moins fausse que la femme!

Mon cœur s'en va, mon cœur fuit:
Après le flot, le flot passe.
L'aile triste de la nuit 
Plane, immense, dans l'espace.

Je ne sais pourquoi j'ai peur!
Un courlis traverse l'ombre:
Amour de femme est trompeur,
Et je sens mon cœur qui sombre!

Demain, quand poindra le jour.
Comme une épave livide,
Flottera sur ton amour 
Mon cœur brisé, mon cœur vide!

Text Authorship:

  • by Anatole le Braz (1859 - 1926), "Chanson de bord", appears in La chanson de la Bretagne, Paris, Éd. Callmann Lévy, first published 1892 [author's text not yet checked 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 Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Chanson de bord", published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 20, Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955), "Chanson de bord", 1907 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 109

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