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by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet
Translation © by Salvador Pila

L'heure tendre
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT
Le soleil est tombé parmi les arbres roses.
Un dernier rayon se répand
Dans la futaie et sur les fonds d’apothéoses
Du crépuscule enveloppant !

Tout s’apaise. Le vent se tait dans la ramure
Et l’air ene st tout attiédi ;
La chanson des oiseaux n’est qu’un vague murmure.
Au loin le couchant resplendit !

C’est l’heure de détente et l’heure d’accalmie,
Il ne fait pas nuit mais plus jour ;
C’est l’heure où la maîtresse est un instant l’amie,
C’est l’heure tendre de l’amour !

C’est l’heure où les amants se font des confidences,
Où le cœur dit la vérité…
Cependant que dans l’air tourne en des contredanses.
La poussière d’or de l’été !

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "L'heure tendre", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 18 [author's text not yet checked 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 Paul-Charles-Marie Curet (1848 - 1917), as Paul Puget, "L'heure tendre", 1903?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Frissons, no. 18, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'hora tendra", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Laura Stanfield Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 109

L'hora tendra
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the French (Français) 
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El sol s'enfonsa entre els arbres rosats.
Un darrer raig s'estén
per l’arbreda i damunt el teló d’apoteosis
del crepuscle embolcallant!

Tot s'apaivaga. El vent calla al brancatge
i l'aire s’entebeeix;
el cant dels ocells és només un feble murmuri.
A la llunyania, el sol ponent resplendeix!

És l'hora del repòs i l'hora de la calma,
no és ni nit ni dia;
és l'hora en què la mestressa és per un instant l’amiga,
és la tendra hora de l'amor!

És l'hora en què els amants comparteixen els seus secrets,
quan el cor diu la veritat…
Mentre que a l'aire, la pols daurada de l'estiu
volta en una contradansa!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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 Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "L'heure tendre", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 18
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 108

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