De grote tuin van azuur | De grote azuren tuin - de nacht - opent zich weer

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

Translation © by Joost van der Linden

Le grand jardin d'azur, la nuit, va se...

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

Our translations: DUT

Le grand jardin d'azur, la nuit, va se rouvrir ;
Mon amour, allons voir loin de la foule humaine 
Venir à nous la Lune en sa robe de reine, 
Et dans ce jardin bleu les étoiles fleurir.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 19.

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. 64, Paris, 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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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Le grand jardin d'azur", op. 40 no. 1, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 1, London, Augener [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "De grote tuin van azuur", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-30
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Word count: 36

De grote tuin van azuur

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

De grote azuren tuin - de nacht - opent zich weer
Mijn liefje, laten we zien, ver van de mensengekte,
Komen naar ons de maan in haar koninginnegewaad
En in deze blauwe tuin de sterren bloeien

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Based on:

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. 64, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
- Go to the text page.

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: 2023-01-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 34