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by Adolphe Pellier

La nuit sur la lagune
Language: French (Français) 
Zenita, mon idole, 
Vois l'amoureuse nuit 
Descends dans ma gondole
Le temps presse et s'enfuit
Une heure à peine encore
Nous reste jusqu'au jour
Viens, car ici l'aurore
Est funeste à l'amour.
  Silence ! Silence ! Silence ! 
  Voici l'instant heureux
  La lagune en cadence
  Sur ses flots langoureux
  Balance balance
  Les amours deux à deux
  Zenita, viens !

La lagune est propice
Aux jeunes amoureux;
La brise est sa complice
Et veille aussi sur eux
Ô viens mon bien suprême
Répondre à mon transport;
Cent fois dis-moi: je t'aime !
cent fois et plus encor.
  Silence ! Silence ! Silence ! 
  Voici l'instant heureux, etc.

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolphe Pellier  [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 Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835 - 1911), "La nuit sur la lagune", published 187-? [voice and piano], from Vingt mélodies, 1er recueil, no. 17, Paris, Louis Gregh [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-29
Line count: 25
Word count: 98

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