Le Retour | Ulysse part la voile au vent

by Georges Delaquys (1880 - 1970)

Le Retour

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Ulysse part la voile au vent,
Vers Ithaque aux ondes chéries,
Avec des bercements la vague roule et plie.
Au large de son cœur la mer aux vastes eaux
Où son œil suit les blancs oiseaux
Egrène au loin des pierreries.

Ulysse part la voile au vent,
Vers Ithaque aux ondes chéries !

Penché œil grave et cœur battant 
Sur le bec d'or de sa galère
Il se rit, quand le flot est noir, de sa colère
Car là-bas son cher fils pieux et fier attend
Après les combats éclatants,
La victoire aux bras de son père.
Il songe, œil grave et cœur battant
Sur le bec d'or de sa galère.

Ulysse part la voile au vent,
Vers Ithaque aux ondes chéries.

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Text Authorship:

by Georges Delaquys (1880 - 1970) [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 Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Le Retour", 1912 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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