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

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• CPDL #17607:

Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-21).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 181 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: English translation by Isabella G. Parker. Editions in C and A Minor.

• CPDL #12329:

Editor: Pierre Gouin (submitted 2006-08-18).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 121 kbytes   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-Prudhomme^{create page} (1839-1907)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Solo Soprano
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.