Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (Gabriel Fauré)
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- 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.
- 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
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.