La nuict froide & sombre
Couvrant d'obscure ombre
La terre & les cieux,
Aussi doux que miel,
Fait couler du ciel
Le sommeil aux yeux.
Puis le jour luisant
Au labeur duisant,
Sa lueur expose,
Et d'un tein divers,
Ce grand univers
Tapisse & compose.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• R. de Lassus Text as set by Lassus:
La nuit froide et sombre
couvrant d'obscure ombre
la terre et les cieux,
Aussi doux que miel
fait couler du ciel
le sommeil aux yeux.
Puis le jour suivant
au labeur duisant
sa lueur expose,
Et d'un tein divers
ce grand univers
tapisse et compose.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , "The cold and somber night", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Cold, dark night", copyright © 2013, (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: 12
Word count: 45
Cold, dark night,
Covering with deep shade
The earth and heavens,
Makes sleep flow from heaven
As sweet as honey
Over our eyes :
Then the lightening day,
Taking up its task,
Shows forth its light;
And with varied colours
Weaves and composes
This great world.
