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

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  • (Posted 2021-11-22)  CPDL #66838:       
Editor: Stuart Moffatt (submitted 2021-11-22).   Score information: A3, 3 pages, 304 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:
  • (Posted 2008-07-21)  CPDL #17608:  Network.png
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.
  • (Posted 2006-08-08)  CPDL #12233:  IMSLP.png
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: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1876
(composed 1870?)
Description:  Dedicated to Mlle Alice Boissonnet.

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Original text and translations

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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!