by
Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885)
Barcarolle
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG
Gondolier du Rialto
Mon château
C'est la lagune,
Mon jardin c'est le Lido.
Mon rideau,
Le clair de lune.
Gondolier du grand canal,
Pour fanal
J'ai la croisée
Où s'allument tous les soirs,
Tes yeux noirs,
Mon épousée.
Ma gondole est aux heureux :
Deux à deux,
Je la promène,
Et les vents légers et frais
Sont discrets
Sur mon domaine.
J'ai passé dans les amours,
Plus de jours
Et de nuits folles,
Que Venise n'a d'îlots
Que ses flots
N'ont de gondoles.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Barcarola", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Barcarolle", copyright ©
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Line count: 24
Word count: 83
Barcarolle
Language: English  after the French (Français)
I am a Gondolier of Rialto;
my castle is the lagoon,
and my garden is the Lido.
My curtains are the light of the moon.
I am a Gondolier of the Great Canal:
as a beacon I have the window
illuminated every night
by your dark eyes, my wife.
My gondola is for the happy,
and I take them out two by two;
and the light, fresh breezes
are discreet in my domain.
I have passed in my love
more intoxicated days and nights
than Venice has islands,
than even its streams have gondolas.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885), "Barcarolle", written 1872, appears in Poésies, in 2. Musiques, no. 6, Paris, Librairie Sandoz & Fischbacher, first published 1878
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95