Les sirènes

Sachè-je d'où provient, Sirènes, votre ennui 
Quand vous vous lamentez, au large, dans la nuit ? 
Mer, je suis, comme toi, plein de voix machinées 
Et mes vaisseaux chantants se nomment les années.

by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) [pseudonym] , "Les sirènes", from Le Bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, no. 25, published 1911

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Louis Durey (1888-1979) , "Les sirènes", op. 17a no. 25 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 25.

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