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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Barque d'or
Language: French (Français) 
Dans une barque d'Orient
S'en revenaient trois jeunes filles ;
Trois jeunes filles d'Orient
S'en revenaient en barque d'or.

Une qui était noire
Et qui tenait le gouvernail,
Sur ses lèvres, aux roses essences,
Nous rapportait d'étranges histoires
Dans le silence.

Une qui était brune
Et qui tenait la voile en main,
Et dont les pieds étaient ailés,
Nous rapportait des gestes d'ange,
En son immobilité.

Mais une qui était blonde,
Qui dormait à l'avant,
Dont les cheveux tombaient dans l'onde
Comme du soleil levant,
Nous rapportait sous ses paupières,
La lumière.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Dutilleux 

H. Dutilleux sets stanzas 1, 3, 2, 1

First published in the revue La Wallonie, Liège, 1893, and then later in Entrevisions, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, 1898.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "Barque d'or", written 1893, appears in Entrevisions, in 1. Jeux et songes, no. 16, first published 1893 [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 Henri Dutilleux (1916 - 2013), "Barque d'or", 1937?, first performed 1937, stanzas 1,3,2,1 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Paul Dutilleux [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gabriel-André Fabre (1858 - 1921), "Barque d'or", published [1897] [ mezzo-soprano or baritone, piano, violin or cello ad libitum ], Paris, Éd. Henri Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Victor Legley (1915 - 1994), "Barque d'or", op. 15 no. 3 (1944) [ contralto or alto and piano ], from Cinq mélodies françaises, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anny Mesritz-van Velthuysen (1887 - 1965), "Barque d'or", 1932, copyright © 1948 [ voice and orchestra ], from Trois Chansons, no. 3, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 91

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