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by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929)

Quel son lamentable et sauvage
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Quel son lamentable et sauvage
Va sonner l'heure de l'adieu!
La mer roule sur le rivage,
Moqueuse, et se souciant peu 
Que ce soit l'heure de l'adieu.

Des oiseaux passent, l'aile ouverte,
Sur l'abîme presque joyeux ;
[Le soleil dore la mer verte]1, --
Et je saigne, silencieux, 
En regardant briller les cieux.

Je me sens déjà seul et vide,
Comme un esquif abandonné
Flottant sur un fleuve livide,
Qui traverserait, entraîné,
Plus d'un grand pays étonné.

Je vois que le moment s'approche ;
Et j'admire que le destin,
Insensible comme la roche,
Au ciel, gris et bleu, de satin
Fasse fleurir un tel matin.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Chausson 

E. Chausson sets stanzas 1-2

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1 Chausson: "Au grand soleil la mer est verte"

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929), no title, appears in Les poëmes de l'amour et de la mer, in 1. La fleur des eaux, no. 47, first published 1876 [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):

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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "La fleur des eaux", op. 19 no. 1 (1882), published 1917, first performed 1893, orchestrated 1893 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Poème de l'Amour et de la Mer, no. 1, Rouart & Lerolle
    • View the full text. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Korin Kormick) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-02-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 104

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