Sérénade italienne (Bourget, set by E. Chausson) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Partons en barque sur la mer
Pour passer la nuit aux étoiles.
Vois, il souffle juste assez d'air
Pour enfler la toile des voiles.

Le vieux pêcheur italien 
Et ses deux fils, qui nous conduisent,
Écoutent mais n'entendent rien
Aux mots que nos bouches se disent.

Sur la mer calme et sombre. Vois, 
Nous pouvons échanger nos âmes,
Et nul ne comprendra nos voix,
Que la nuit, le ciel et les lames.

Authorship

Paul Bourget (1852-1935)

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

Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855-1899)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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