To‑Night

The moon is a curving flower of gold,
   The sky is still and blue;
The moon was made for the sky to hold,
   And I for you.

The moon is a flower without a stem,
   The sky is luminous;
Eternity was made for them,
   To-night for us.

Translation(s): FRE

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Confirmed with Sara Teasdale, Love Songs, New York, The Macmillan Company, 1917, page 59.

Authorship

• by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "To-Night", appears in Love Songs, first published 1917 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by John G. Barnett (1802 - 1890), "To-Night" [high voice and piano], from Two Even-Songs [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Nika Leoni , "To-night", 2015 [soprano and piano], from Six Love Songs by Sara Teasdale, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by James Houston Spencer (1895 - 1967), "To-Night", published 1920. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Cette nuit", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2011-02-13.
Last modified: 2015-10-13 15:52:21
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Cette nuit

La lune est une fleur d'or arrondie,
  Le ciel est calme et bleu ;
La lune fut créée pour que le ciel la possède,
  Et moi pour que ce soit toi.

La lune est une fleur sans tige,
  Le ciel est lumineux ;
L'Éternité fut créée pour eux,
  Cette nuit pour nous.

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• a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "To-Night", appears in Love Songs, first published 1917
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): John G. Barnett, Nika Leoni, James Houston Spencer. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2015-10-13.
Last modified: 2015-10-13 15:52:05
Line count: 8
Word count: 52