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Les chants de la nuit

by Max d'Ollone (1875 - 1959)

1. Chanson  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Et s'il revenait un jour,
Que faut-il lui dire?
- Dites-lui qu'on l'attendit
Jusqu'à s'en mourir...

Et s'il m'interroge encore
Sans me reconnaître?
- Parlez-lui comme une sœur. 
Il souffre peut-être...

Et s'il demande où vous êtes
Que faut-il répondre?
- Donnez-lui mon anneau d'or,
Sans rien lui répondre...

Et s'il veut savoir pourquoi
La salle est déserte?
- Montrez-lui la lampe éteinte
Et la porte ouverte...

Et s'il m'interroge alors
Sur la dernière heure?
- Dites-lui que j'ai souri
De peur qu'il ne pleure...

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), no title, written 1893, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 2

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First published in the revue La Société Nouvelle, IX (9), March 1893, Bruxelles; then in Douze chansons, Paris, Stock, 1896; and later in Quinze chansons, Bruxelles, Lacomblez, 1900.


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

2. Ici‑bas  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent,
Tous les chants des oiseaux sont courts,
Je rêve aux étés qui demeurent
    Toujours...

Ici-bas les lèvres effleurent 
Sans rien laisser de leur velours,
Je rêve aux baisers qui demeurent
    Toujours...

Ici-bas, tous les hommes pleurent
Leurs amitiés ou leurs amours ;
Je rêve aux couples qui demeurent 
    Toujours...

Text Authorship:

  • by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent", appears in Stances et Poèmes, in 1. Stances, in La Vie intérieure, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Zde"
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2026
  • ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne) , "In this world"
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Martin Stock) , "Hier auf Erden", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ramona Gabriela Peter) , "Quaggiù", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Œuvres de Sully Prudhomme. Poesies 1865-1866. Stances et Poèmes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, Éditeur, [1900], page 32.

Note: quoted in Jules Lemaître's "Vers pour être chantés".


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

3. Soir d'hiver

Language: French (Français) 
Dors, mon blond chérubin
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

  • by Max d'Ollone (1875 - 1959)

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4. Ta voix...

Language: French (Français) 
Ta voix... ta voix réveille en ma mémoire
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

  • by Max d'Ollone (1875 - 1959)

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5. Nuit de printemps

Language: French (Français) 
O nuit, nuit si douce aux cours aimants
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

  • by Max d'Ollone (1875 - 1959)

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6. Chanson nocturne

Language: French (Français) 
Oh ! comme semble perdu, lointain
 . . . . . . . . . .

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Text Authorship:

  • by Henry Benrath (1882 - 1949)

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), appears in Die Lieder von Traum und Tod [text unavailable]
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Total word count: 133
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