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by Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1487 - 1558)

Par l'ample mer, loin des ports et arènes
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Par l'ample mer, loin des ports et arènes
S'en vont nageant les lascives sirènes
En déployant leurs chevelures blondes,
Et de leurs voix plaisantes et sereines,
Les plus hauts mâts et plus basses carènes
Font arrêter aux plus mobiles ondes,
Et souvent perdre en tempêtes profondes ;
Ainsi la vie, à nous si délectable,
Comme sirène affectée et muable,
En ses douceurs nous enveloppe et plonge,
Tant que la Mort rompe aviron et câble,
Et puis de nous ne reste qu'une fable,
Un moins que vent, ombre, fumée et songe.

Text Authorship:

  • by Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1487 - 1558) [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 Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Par l'ample mer, loin des ports et arènes", 1953 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "In the open sea, far from ports and beaches", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 89

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