Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (Gabriel Fauré)
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- (Posted 2008-07-21) CPDL #17607:
- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-21). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 181 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: English translation by Isabella G. Parker. Editions in C and A Minor.
- (Posted 2006-08-18) CPDL #12329:
- Editor: Pierre Gouin (submitted 2006-08-18). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 121 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright © Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006, original key.
General Information
Title: Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1
Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Lyricist: René-François Sully-Prudhommecreate page (1839-1907)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1881
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"
- Italian translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- German translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- Spanish translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- Hebrew translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
Original text and translations
French text
Le long du Quai, les grands vaisseaux,
Que la houle incline en silence,
Ne prennent pas garde aux berceaux,
Que la main des femmes balance.
Mais viendra le jour des adieux,
Car il faut que les femmes pleurent,
Et que les hommes curieux
Tentent les horizons qui leurrent!
Et ce jour-là les grands vaisseaux,
Fuyant le port qui diminue,
Sentent leur masse retenue
Par l’âme des lointains berceaux.