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Fatigué, le soleil va dormir derrière les dunes. Le simoun de l’amour fait bondir mon sang en tourbillons de flammes qui ne s’éteindront jamais, car Dieu a voulu qu’elles éclairent le chemin des amants. Et la nuit ne souillera pas nos rêves.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des caresses, H. Piazza, Paris : 1921, p.114
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Prière du coucher du soleil ", subtitle: "(Moghreb)", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 118 [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 J. Boutnikoff , "Prière du coucher du soleil (Maghreb)", op. 21 no. 2 (1930) [ voice and piano ], from Le Jardin des caresses - Quatre prières, no. 2, Paris : Editions Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Guillon (1879 - 1956), as Claude Guillon-Verne, "Prière du coucher du soleil", copyright © 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Sept Poèmes arabes tirés du "Jardin des Caresses", no. 6, Paris : Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Douglas Francis Warham (Frank) St. Leger (1890 - 1969), "Prière du coucher du soleil", published 1920 [ voice and piano ], New York : G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2024-12-21
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Word count: 42
Exhausted, the sun goes to sleep behind the dunes. The simoom of love makes my blood leap in swirls of flame that will never be extinguished, for God has decreed that they light the path of lovers. And the night will not sully our dreams.
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Translations of titles:
"Prière du coucher du soleil" = "Sunset Prayer"
"Prière du coucher du soleil (Maghreb)" = "Sunset Prayer (Maghreb)"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (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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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Prière du coucher du soleil ", subtitle: "(Moghreb)", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 118
This text was added to the website: 2026-03-01
Line count: 5
Word count: 45