Nachtgezang | De manestraal is als een fluistering in de nacht

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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Lahor

Translation © by Joost van der Linden

Le clair de lune est comme un soupir de...

Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)

Our translations: DUT

Le clair de lune est comme un soupir de la nuit :
Que de soupirs aussi dans tout mon cœur qui tremble 
Et dans le tien, goûtant l'extase d'être ensemble,
Sous l'infini soupir de ce grand ciel qui luit !

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Fairchild

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 9.

Text Authorship:

by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as 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. 18, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Nocturne", op. 40 no. 3 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 3, London, Augener
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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Nachtgezang", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 38

Nachtgezang

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

De manestraal is als een fluistering in de nacht:
Wat een zuchten ook in heel mijn hart dat trilt
En in de jouwe, proevend de extase van het samenzijn,
Onder de oneindige levensadem van deze grote hemel die schijnt

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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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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as 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. 18, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
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Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 39