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プレヂャンの舟唄
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Préjean’s Boat Song/ In All the Ports in the World [Dans tous les parts du monde]
プレヂャンの舟唄
Designer: Artist unknown, Japanese
Lyricist: Serge Véber (French, 1897 – 1976)
Composer: Georges van Parys (French, 1902 – 1971)
Publisher: Fujin gahô (Japanese)
Lyricist: Serge Véber (French, 1897 – 1976)
Composer: Georges van Parys (French, 1902 – 1971)
Publisher: Fujin gahô (Japanese)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1932 (Shôwa 7), September 1
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 25.9 × 35.9 cm (10 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.) (open)
Height x width: 25.9 × 17.9 cm (10 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.) (closed)
Height x width: 25.9 × 17.9 cm (10 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.) (closed)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1158
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
Prejean’s Boat Song (Japanese lyric only)
“When I tire of seafaring,
I follow my taste in each port
In the corner of a bar in Pondicherry,
‘I like you,’ said Irma
At a port in the Azores, Layla,
Called yours’ truly, ‘sweetie.’
Love is pleasant, it’s an enjoyable thing
Not knowing how many women you’ve slept with
You don’t live forever
Entering a port, I follow my heart’s desire
Walking aimlessly searching for women
When I tire of work on the ship
In a port town in some corner of the world
I choose a love companion as I like.
In Cádiz, Carmen said in Spanish
‘Hold me tight, I’m madly in love with you’
In a town of Naples, that broad Lúcia
Whispered secretly her love for me
The woman I slept with in Singapore
Said to me, ‘I love you.’"
Prejean’s Boat Song (Japanese lyric only)
“When I tire of seafaring,
I follow my taste in each port
In the corner of a bar in Pondicherry,
‘I like you,’ said Irma
At a port in the Azores, Layla,
Called yours’ truly, ‘sweetie.’
Love is pleasant, it’s an enjoyable thing
Not knowing how many women you’ve slept with
You don’t live forever
Entering a port, I follow my heart’s desire
Walking aimlessly searching for women
When I tire of work on the ship
In a port town in some corner of the world
I choose a love companion as I like.
In Cádiz, Carmen said in Spanish
‘Hold me tight, I’m madly in love with you’
In a town of Naples, that broad Lúcia
Whispered secretly her love for me
The woman I slept with in Singapore
Said to me, ‘I love you.’"
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)