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Complaint à la Mer

from Music from the Seahorse Trainer by Dan Cantrell

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Complainte à la mer

Lorsque la lune éclot sur la mer de velours
Lorsqu'elle se dévoile comme une perle nacrée
Le clapotis des flots apaise les coeurs lourds
Et adoucit le mal qui les exténuait

Ah qu'il fait bon sortir lors des soirées d'automne
Souvent je vagabonde, seule sur la jetée
Et de doux souvenirs au fond de moi résonnent
Chantant au gré des ondes ce refrain suranné

Je chante quand vient la nuit ou bien le vague à l'âme
Je chante pour tromper l'ennui quand le soleil s'en va
Je chante à en perdre l'esprit le long du brise lame
Je chante car tu es parti et car je pense à toi

Les enfants de la mer dormiront bien en paix
Ce soir, opales aux yeux et comptines aux lèvres
Par ce chant éphémère, ils offrent leurs secrets
à l'hôtesse des cieux et lui confient leur fièvre

Lorsque la lune éclot sur la mer de velours
Lorsqu'elle se dévoile comme une perle nacrée
Le clapotis des flots apaise mon coeur lourd
Et soulage le mal de mon amour passé

Complaint of the sea


When the moon blooms over the velvet sea

When it unveils itself with a pearly sheen

The lapping of the waves calms the broken hearts

And relieves them from the exhausting pain

How nice it is to go out in the evening in fall

I often wander alone on the pier
Sweet memories come back to me
Singing this old-fashioned song


I sing when comes the night or the melancholy

I sing to while away the time after the sunset
I sing until I go crazy, alone on the jetty
I sing because you’re gone and I think about you

Tonight the children of the sea will sleep peacefully
Opals in their eyes, and nursery rhymes on their lips
With this short song, they offer their secrets

To the hostess of the sky, and they share their fever with her

When the moon blooms over the velvet sea

When it unveils itself with a pearly sheen

The lapping of the waves calms the broken hearts

And relieves the pain caused by my lost love

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from Music from the Seahorse Trainer, released October 5, 2020
Composed by Dan Cantrell with Priscilla Cucciniello

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Dan Cantrell Los Angeles, California

Accordionist/pianist/saw player Dan Cantrell performed recently with Tom Waits, Joanna Newsom, Beats Antique, the San Francisco Symphony, Danny Elfman, members of the Klezmatics, Brave Old World, and Fishbone. He is an Emmy winning composer known for his soundtrack work on Cartoon Network's Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack series. ... more

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