Les nuits persanes

by Youssef Khan Nazare-Aga, dit Kyna (1870 - 1942)

Word count: 114

1. Volupté [sung text not yet checked]

Subtitle: Danse persane avec chœurs

La gargoulette, pleine d'eau, qui, sans la chute d'une goutte
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "La gargoulette", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 4. Volupté, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870

2. Les palmiers [sung text not yet checked]

Heureux les palmiers ! leurs amours
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Les palmiers", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 4. Volupté, no. 10, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870

3. Mélancolie [sung text not yet checked]

Ô fier jeune homme, ô tueur de gazelles
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Mélancolie", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 5. La solitaire, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870

4. Délire [sung text not yet checked]

Le marchand de perles m'a dit :
Ton front veut-il une couronne ? 
Tout mon bazar qui resplendit, 
Pour ta prunelle, je le donne.

Le marchand de roses reprit : 
Laisse les perles chez l'orfèvre ; 
Tout mon royaume qui fleurit, 
Je l'échange contre ta lèvre.

Le poète au rêve étoilé
Dit à son tour : vivante flamme,
De ton cœur donne-moi la clé,
Et dans mes chants je te proclame.

Mais que m'importe aucun trésor ? 
Je garde cœur, lèvre et prunelle 
Pour quelqu'un n'ayant pas encor 
Soupçonné ma plainte éternelle.

Perles, roses, vers, à mes yeux,
Cela ne vaut pas un grain d'orge. 
Du bien-aimé j'aimerais mieux 
Que l'étrier broyât ma gorge.

Authorship

by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Délire", written 1870?, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 5. La solitaire, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Les nuits persanes par Armand Renaud, Paris, Alphonese Lemerre, 1870, pages 77-78.

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5. Le puits [sung text not yet checked]

Dans le jardin, assise au bord du puits
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Le puits", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 5. La solitaire, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870

6. Cavalcade [sung text not yet checked]

Hop ! nos chevaux rongent le mors
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Cavalcade", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 6. La vallée de l'union, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870

7. Triomphe [sung text not yet checked]

Quatre chevaux d'un blanc sans tache
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Triomphe", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 7. Fleurs de sang, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870

8. Ivresse lumineuse [sung text not yet checked]

Encor du vin ! encor des chants de lyre !
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Ivresse lumineuse", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 8. Fleurs de vin, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870

9. Celui qui est [sung text not yet checked]

Dans le vent se perdent les ailes
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Celui qui est", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 9. La mosquée, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870

10. Nénuphars [sung text not yet checked]

Au bord du lac, je rêve et me recueille
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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Nénuphars", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 10. Songes d'opium, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870