Les Berceaux - Gabriel Fauré Flashcards
1
Q
Le long du quai les grands vaisseaux
A
along the quays, the large ships
2
Q
Que la houle incline en silence
A
rocked silently by the surge
3
Q
Ne prennent pas gardeaux berceaux
A
Do not heed the cradles
4
Q
Que le main des femmes balance
A
which the hands of women rock
5
Q
Mais viendra le jour des adieux
A
But the days of farewells will come
6
Q
Car il faut que les femmes pleurent
A
For the women are bound to weep
7
Q
Et que les homes curieux
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and the inquisitive men
8
Q
Tentent les horizons qui leurrent!
A
Must dare the horizons that lure them!
9
Q
Et ce jourla les grands vaisseaux
A
And on that day the large ships
10
Q
Fuyant le port qui diminue,
A
Fleeing from the vanishing port
11
Q
Sentent leur masse retenue
A
Feel their bulk held back
12
Q
Par l’a me des lointains berceaux,
A
By the soul of the far away candles
