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Air breton Adieu, patrie! L'onde est en furie. Adieu, patrie, Azur! Adieu, maison, treille au fruit mûr, Adieu, les fleurs d'or du vieux mur! Adieu, patrie! Ciel, forêt, prairie! Adieu, patrie, Azur! Adieu, patrie! L'onde est en furie. Adieu, patrie, Azur! Adieu, fiancée au front pur, Le ciel est noir, le vent est dur. Adieu, patrie! Lise, Anna, Marie! Adieu, patrie, Azur! Adieu, patrie! L'onde est en furie. Adieu, patrie, Azur! Notre oeil, que voile un deuil futur, Va du flot sombre au sort obscur! Adieu, patrie! Pour toi mon coeur prie. Adieu, patrie! Azur!
A. Lecompte sets stanzas 1, 3, 6-7
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Authorship
- by Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Le Chant de ceux qui s'en vont sur mer", written 1853, appears in Les Châtiments, in 5. L'autorité est sacrée, no. 9, first published 1853 [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 Alain Lecompte (b. 1954), "Le chant de ceux qui s'en vont sur mer", 2001, stanzas 1,3,6-7 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Napoléon-Henri Reber (1807 - 1880), "Les proscrits", published [1879] [medium voice and piano], from Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano - 2ième receuil, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Richault & Cie. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Le chant de ceux qui s'en vont sur mer", 1860, published 1860 [high voice and piano], Éd. Hartmann [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The song of those who set sail upon the sea", copyright © 2016
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 31
Word count: 96
Breton air Farewell, homeland! The water is in a tumult. Farewell, homeland! Blue sky! Farewell, house, vines with ripe fruit, Farewell, golden flowers beside the ancient wall! Farewell, homeland! Sky, forest, meadow! Farewell, homeland, Blue sky! Farewell, homeland! The water is in a tumult. Farewell, homeland! Blue sky! Farewell, betrothed with the pure brow, The sky is black, the wind is harsh. Farewell, homeland! Lise, Anna, Marie! Farewell, homeland! Blue sky! Farewell, homeland! The water is in a tumult. Farewell, homeland! Blue sky! Our eyes that hide some future bereavement Go on dark waters to an unknown destiny! Farewell, homeland! For you my heart prays. Farewell, homeland! Blue sky!
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in French (Français) by Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Le Chant de ceux qui s'en vont sur mer", written 1853, appears in Les Châtiments, in 5. L'autorité est sacrée, no. 9, first published 1853
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-09
Line count: 31
Word count: 110