Les matelots, Op. 2, No. 2 (Gabriel Fauré)

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• CPDL #17608: 

Editor: Ludovic Sardain (submitted 2008-07-21).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 83 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: English translation by Isabella G. Parker. Edition in E Flat Major. Source: Hamelle, 1879.

• CPDL #12233: 

Editor: Pierre Gouin (submitted 2006-08-08).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 111 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Edition in e flat Major. Scroll down to 2. Les matelots (Original key, E♭ major).

General Information

Title: Les matelots Op. 2, No. 2
Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Lyricist: Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo

Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: Piano

{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. (composed 1870?)

Description: Dedicated to Mlle Alice Boissonnet.

External websites:

• Entry at "Art Song Central" for this song.
• Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• German translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"

Original text and translations

French text

Sur l’eau bleue et profonde,
Nous allons voyageant.
Environnant le monde
D’un sillage d’argent.
Des îles de la Sonde,
De l’Inde au ciel brulé,
Jusqu’au pôle gelé!

Nous pensons à la terre
Que nous fuyons toujours.
A notre vieille mère,
A nos jeunes amours.
Mais la vague légère
Avec son doux refrain,
Endort notre chagrin!

Existence sublime,
Bercés par notre nid.
Nous vivons sur l’abime,
Au sein de l’infini,
Des flots rasant la cime.
Dans le grand désert bleu
Nous marchons avec Dieu!