Le bateau rose | Je m'embarquerai, si tu le veux

by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Je m'embarquerai, si tu le veux

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ITA

Je m'embarquerai, si tu le veux,
Comme un gai marin quittant la grève,
Sur les flots dorés de tes cheveux,
Vers un paradis fleuri de rêve.

Ta jupe flottante au vent du soir
Gonflera ses plis comme des voiles,
Et quand sur la mer il fera noir,
Tes grands yeux seront mes deux étoiles.

Ton rire éclatant de vermillon
Fera le fanal de la grand'hune.
J'aurai ton ruban pour pavillon
Et ta blanche peau pour clair de lune.

Nos vivres sont faits et nos boissons
Pour durer autant que le voyage.
Ce sonts des baisers et des chansons
Dont nous griserons tout l'équipage.

Nous aborderons je ne sais où,
Là-bas, tout là-bas, sur une grève
Du beau pays bleu, sous un ciel fou,
Dans le paradis fleuri de rêve.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Les caresses, Nouvelle Édition, Paris, G. Charpentier, [no date], pages 68-69.

Text Authorship:

by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Le bateau rose", written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 1. Floréal, no. 31, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882 [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 Auguste Chapuis (1858 - 1933), "Le bateau rose", 1888, published c1889 [ high voice and piano ], from Les caresses, no. 3, Paris, Léon Grus [sung text not yet checked]
by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "Le bateau rose", published 1893? [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 1ère volume, no. 16, Paris, Colombier [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernest Garnier (1858 - 1932), "Le bateau rose" [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
by Lucien Hillemacher (1860 - 1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852 - 1933), "Le bateau rose" [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, vol. 2, no. 8, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
by Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Le bateau rose", published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 17, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul-Jean-Jacques Lacôme d'Estalenx (1838 - 1920), "Le bateau rose", published [1888] [ voice and piano ], from Six nouvelles mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Henri Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "Le bateau rose", 1891? [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Henri Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
by B. Pisani , "Le Bateau enchanté" [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel et Fils [sung text not yet checked]
by Yvan Renno , "Le bateau rose", published [1913] [ voice and piano ], Paris: R. et M. Lion & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
by Yvan Renno , "Le Bateau rose", published [1913] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. R. et M. Lion et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
by Jeanne Rivet , "Le bateau rose", published 1912? [ high voice and piano ], Éd. G. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Le bateau rose", op. 48, Heft 1 (Floréal) no. 3 (1924), published 1927 [ high voice and piano ], from Le poème de l'amour, no. 3, Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text checked 1 time]

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

Researcher for this page: Corinne Orde

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-20
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