by Jean-François-Victor Aicard (1848 - 1921)
Vogue, vogue la galère
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Vogue, vogue la galère, Plus vite et plus vite encor Vers Cythère, Cythère aux horizons d'or! La rive semble enflammée, Et sous un rideau vermeil De fumée S'écrouler dans le soleil. Tout s'écroule avec la brume; Mais demain l'îlot charmant Dans l'écume Emergera doucement. Vogue, vogue la galère, Plus vite et plus vite encor Vers Cythère, Cythère aux horizons d'or!
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Appears in Le Pierrot de cristal (Un voyage à Cythère ou Pierrot fragile), comédie en un acte et en vers
Text Authorship:
- by Jean-François-Victor Aicard (1848 - 1921), "Colombine et Arlequin, chantant de la coulisse", written 1869 [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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Vogue, vogue la Galère", subtitle: "Barcarolle", c1877, published 1877 [ voice, piano, harmonium ad libitum ], Paris, Richault et Cie [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Sail on, galley, sail on", copyright © 2000, (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.
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