by
Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Lahor
Le clair de lune est comme un soupir de...
Language: French (Français)  after the Arabic (العربية)
Available translation(s): DUT
Le clair de lune est comme un soupir de la nuit :
Que de soupirs aussi dans tout mon cœur qui tremble
Et dans le tien, goûtant l'extase d'être ensemble,
Sous l'infini soupir de ce grand ciel qui luit !
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 9.
Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 18, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
[ None yet in the database ]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Nachtgezang", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2018-06-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 40
Nachtgezang
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the French (Français)
De manestraal is als een fluistering in de nacht:
Wat een zuchten ook in heel mijn hart dat trilt
En in de jouwe, proevend de extase van het samenzijn,
Onder de oneindige levensadem van deze grote hemel die schijnt
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2023 by Joost van der Linden, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 18, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
Based on:
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 39