C'est l'heure où le château s'endort, l'heure où les rames sont si belles, où l'hirondelle entraîne l'or du soir jusqu'au plus bleu du ciel, où je cache le paysage à mes yeux tout remplis d'amour. Je m'en vais, pleurs de mon visage. - Quittons ces rames pour toujours!
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "L'adieu en barque", written 1913, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 5. Chansons pour me consoler d'être heureux, in 2. Aux Andelys, no. 21, first published 1913 [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 André Caplet (1879 - 1925), "L'adieu en barque", 1919, published 1921, first performed 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq ballades françaises de Paul Fort, no. 5, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "L'Adieu en barque", 1935, published 1938 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons pour me consoler d'être heureux, no. 5, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Farewell from a boat", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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