Fraternise, ô mon âme, avec les astres d'or,
Âmes aussi, brûlant par la nuit infinie, 
Brûle comme eux, palpite, aime et souffre, aime encor ; 
Avec l'aube et les soirs sublimes communie.

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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 12.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.

Text Authorship:

• by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean 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. 35, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Astres, musiciens célestes", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 12, Paris, Éd. Heugel
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• by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "La Mélodie aimante", op. 40 no. 8, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 8, London, Augener
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