Nocturne | O fresh Night

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by Louis de Boussés de Fourcaud (1851 - 1914)

Translation © by Amy Pfrimmer

Ô fraîche Nuit

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ENG ITA

Ô fraîche Nuit,
Nuit transparente,
Mystère sans obscurité,
La vie est noire et dévorante
Ô fraîche Nuit,
Nuit transparente.
Donne-moi ta placidité.

Ô belle Nuit.
Nuit étoilée.
Vers moi tes regards sont baissées.
Éclaire mon âme troublée,
Ô belle Nuit,
Nuit étoilée,
Mets ton sourire en mes pensers.

Ô sainte Nuit, 
Nuit taciturne,
Pleine de paix et de douceur.
Mon cœur bouillonne comme une urne.
Ô sainte Nuit, 
Nuit taciturne,
Fais le silence dans mon coeur.

Ô grande Nuit,
Nuit solennelle,
En qui tout est délicieux,
Prends mon être entier sous ton aile.
Ô grande Nuit,
Nuit solennelle,
Verse le sommeil en mes yeux.

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Text Authorship:

by Louis de Boussés de Fourcaud (1851 - 1914), "Intermezzo. Nocturne", appears in Symphonie d'amour, no. 4 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

by César Franck (1822 - 1890), "Nocturne", FWV. 85 (1884), published 1885 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Thomas Ang) , "Nocturne", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Nocturne", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Notturno", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 104

Nocturne

Language: English after the French (Français)

O fresh Night, 
transparent night, 
mystery without darkness, 
life is black and devouring,
O fresh Night, 
transparent Night. 
Give me your placidity.

O beautiful night. 
Starry Night. 
Towards me your looks are lowered. 
Illuminate my troubled soul, 
o beautiful Night, 
starry Night, 
put your smile in my thoughts.

O Holy Night, 
taciturn Night, 
full of peace and sweetness.
My heart seethes like an urn. 
O holy Night, 
taciturn night, 
make silence in my heart.

O great Night, 
solemn Night, 
in which everything is delicious, 
take my whole being under your wing.
O great Night, 
solemn Night, 
pour sleep into my eyes.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Louis de Boussés de Fourcaud (1851 - 1914), "Intermezzo. Nocturne", appears in Symphonie d'amour, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-04
Line count: 28
Word count: 101