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La nonne sanglante

Opera by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

Le calme
 (Sung text for setting by C. Gounod)
 Matches base text

Language: French (Français) 
Un jour plus pur,
Un ciel d'azur
Brille à ma vue!
Rêve d'amour,
Charme en ce jour,
Charme mon âme émue!

A son fils malheureux,
Mon père pardonne!
Et le pardon des cieux
Autour de moi rayonne!

Un jour plus pur,
Un ciel d'azur
Brille à ma vue!
Rêve d'amour,
Charme en ce jour,
Charme mon âme émue!
Doux rêve d'amour!

Mais la nuit s'avance, la nuit!
Et bientôt va sonner minuit!
Si comme à l'ordinaire et sanglante, et terrible...
La nonne apparaissait... si j'entendais ses pas!
Non, non! c'est impossible! 
Ce soir... ce soir elle ne viendra pas.
Elle ne viendra pas!
Ici tout me rassure!
Et le calme de la nature
A passé dans mes sens!

Un jour plus pur,
Un ciel d'azur
Brille à ma vue!
Rêve d'amour,
Charme en ce jour,
Charme mon âme émue!
Doux rêve d'amour!

Text Authorship:

  • by Casimir Delavigne (1793 - 1843) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • by Eugène Scribe (1791 - 1861) [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):

Set by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), CG 2j (1853), published 1874, first performed 1854 [ voice and piano ], Éd. Choudens
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 142
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