De beminnende melodie en kalmte van de nacht

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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Translation © by Joost van der Linden

La mélodie aimante et calme de la nuit

Language: French (Français)

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La mélodie aimante et calme de la nuit 
S'écoule sur la ville apaisée ; et tout bruit
Auprès de nous s'éteint pour la laisser entendre ; 
-- Et le chant de tes yeux se fait aussi plus tendre.

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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. 36, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Sur la terrasse, le soir", published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 5b, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

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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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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De beminnende melodie en kalmte van de...

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the French (Français)

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De beminnende melodie en kalmte van de nacht
vloeit rond over de tot rust gekomen stad: en al het geluid
Om ons heen dooft uit om haar te laten horen;
-- en de zang in jouw ogen wordt ook zachter.

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Translations of title(s):
"La mélodie aimante" = "De beminnende melodie"
"Sur la terrasse, le soir" = "Op het terras in de avond"

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Translation from French (Français) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2023 by Joost van der Linden, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in French (Français) 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. 36, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-10
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