by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)
Causeries de vagues
Language: French (Français)
Voici ce que chante un vieux chant ! Les vagues parlent en marchant. L'une dit à l'autre : Ma sœur, Pour nous la vie est sans douceur. Vois combien vite en est le cours ! A court passage, plaisirs courts ! Mais l'autre lui répond : Ma sœur, Sa breveté fait sa douceur. A longue existence, longs soins ! Et vivre peu, c'est souffrir moins.
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Causeries de vagues", appears in La Mer, in 6. Étant de quart, no. 26, Paris, Maurice Dreyfous, first published 1886 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marie Jaëll (1846 - 1925), "Causeries de vagues", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from La Mer, poème de Jean Richepin, no. 2, Paris, Éditions Paul Dupont [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Causeries de vagues", op. 89 no. 5 (2002) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Texten von Jean Richepin, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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