Reflets d'Orient, pour une voix avec accompagnement de piano

by Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950)

1. Clair de lune [sung text not yet checked]

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[La pleine lune]1 avec son pâle enchantement
Extasiait la terre et charmait toutes choses ;
Les rossignols pleuraient dans le harem des roses,
Et nos cœurs dans la nuit se fondaient en aimant.

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  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 30.

Note for line 1: in Fairchild's setting, in the repetition, "avec son pâle enchantement" is omitted.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.


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J'ai fait de mon amour un monde hors du monde,
J’ai fait de mon amour un jardin enchanté,
Où dormira mon cœur en une paix profonde,
Où règnera la lune d’or de ta beauté.

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 40.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

2. Chimères [sung text not yet checked]

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Je sais des airs anciens dont la langueur rappelle 
La langueur de tes yeux si mortellement doux. 
Je sais de tes regards dont la douceur est celle 
De flûtes dans la nuit, soupirant comme nous.

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 21.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.


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Je te voudrais donner un amour sans souffrance,
Sans ce regret qui suit chaque désir humain, 
— Regret ou haine, ou pire encore, indifférence, 
Une fête d*amour qui fût sans lendemain.

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 31.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.


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3. Souvenir [sung text not yet checked]

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Te souvient-il du temps où je tenais ta main, 
Où ton regard avait un éclat surhumain, 
Tant il était chargé de divines tendresses ? 
Te souvient-il des soirs qu’enflammaient nos caresses ?

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 46.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.


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Un rossignol gémit dans l'ombre de mon âme, 
Il pleure au souvenir d’anciennes nuits d’été, 
Et d’une rose aussi dont l’ardente beauté 
Au milieu du jardin jetait comme une flamme.

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 47.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 192