Par une belle nuit
Language: French (Français)
Les fleurs dorment sur la prairié
La nuit est claire,
Viens, ma sœur !
Du soir et de la rêverie
Goûtons ensemble la douceur !
Viens ! la lune mystérieuse
Monte dans l'ombre pour mieux voir.
Et nous regarde curieuse
Pardessus le grand sapin noir !
Voistu comme tout est tranquille
Aux bois, aux champs et dans le ciel
On dirait que l'heure immobile
S'arrête en son cours éternel,
Et que, voyant la nuit si belle
Le temps, las de toujours voler,
Replie un moment sa grande aile
Et s'oubie à la contempler !
L'homme s'en va !
Les vents effacent
La faible empreinte de ses pas !
Les spectateurs changent et passent
Le spectacle ne change pas !
Mais sur son char la nuit s'avance
C'est l'heure noire du sommeil !
Viens, ma sœur, et dans l'espérance
Allons attendre le soleil !
Translation(s): ENG
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "One lovely night!", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website: 2004-03-25.
Last modified: 2018-02-23 13:15:18
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Word count: 143
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One lovely night!
Language: English after the French (Français)
The flowers sleep in the field
and the night is clear.
Come, sister.
Let us taste together the sweetness
of the evening and of dreams!
Come! The mysterious moon
climbs through the darkness to see better,
peeping curiously at us
over the tall black fir!
Do you see how quiet everything is
in woods, fields and heaven?
Time pauses
its eternal course.
Seeing how fair the night is
and weary of its endless flight,
Time folds for a moment its broad wings
and forgets itself in contemplation!
Man departs!
The wind erases
his faint footsteps!
The spectators change and pass away,
but the spectacle is changeless!
Night in its chariot advances
and the dark hour of sleep is here!
Come, sister, and let us await
the sun in hope!
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