by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Dans ton cœur dort un clair de lune
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG GER GER JPN SPA
Dans ton cœur dort un clair de lune,
Un doux clair de lune d'été,
Et loin de la vie importune,
Je me viens perdre en ta clarté.

J'oublierai les douleurs passées,
Mon amour, quand tu berceras
Mon triste cœur et mes pensées
Dans le calme aimant de tes bras.

Tu prendras ma tête malade,
Oh ! certain soir sur tes genoux,
Et lui diras une ballade
Qui semblera parler de nous ;

Et dans tes yeux pleins de tristesse,
Dans tes yeux alors je boirai
Tant de baisers et de tendresses
Que peut-être je guérirai.

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•   H. Duparc •   C. Saint-Saëns 

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Confirmed with L'Illusion, troisième édition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, p. 16.


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In your heart moonlight lies dormant
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Language: English  after the French (Français) 
In your heart moonlight lies dormant,
A gentle moonlight of summer;
And far from the troubles of life,
I will lose myself in your brightness.

I will forget past griefs,
My love, when you rock
My unhappy heart and my thoughts
In the loving tranquility of your arms.

You will lay my anxious head,
Oh! - some evenings - upon your lap,
And you will utter to it a ballad
That will seem to speak of us;

And from your eyes so full of sadness,
From your eyes I will then drink
So many kisses and so much tenderness
That perhaps at last I will be healed.

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Translation of title "Chanson triste" = "Sad song"


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