Dutch (Nederlands) translation of Oh ! Mon amour

by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Oh ! Mon amour", op. 40 no. 2, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 2, London, Augener
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Oh ! mon amour, pourquoi, quand nous sommes ensemble,
Délicieusement, ai-je le cœur qui tremble ?...
Comme lui, la mer tremble au coucher du soleil,
Et la forêt, sous l'aube aimante, à son éveil.

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 25.

Note: in Moret's sung text, the lines are followed by "La mélodie aimante et calme de la nuit/ S'écoule sur la ville apaisée." These lines come from the quatrain that begins "La mélodie aimante et calme de la nuit".

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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Les lignes de ton corps sont comme une musique,
Tout ton être, tes bras, tes seins délicieux
Créent des rythmes parfaits pour mon âme extatique ;
Et je les goûte avec des larmes dans les yeux.

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 26.

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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Ta beauté, quand tu pars, me laisse comme un chant,
Dont la tendre douceur tout entier me pénètre ;
Et mon âme s'emplit de soupirs l'étouffant,
Et ce chant merveilleux fait trembler tout mon être.

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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 30.

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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Author(s): Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909)
Oh! mijn liefje, waarom, als wij samen zijn,
In alle heerlijkheid heb ik een hart dat zindert?
Zoals zij, zindert de zee bij de ondergaande zon,
En ‘t bos onder de minnende morgenstond, bij diens ontwaken.

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Translation of title "Oh ! Mon amour" = "Oh! Mijn liefje"


De contouren van jouw lijf zijn als een muziekstuk,
Jouw hele wezen, jouw armen, jouw heerlijke borsten
Scheppen een perfect ritme voor mij extatische geest,
En ik proef het met tranen in de ogen.

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Jouw schoonheid, als je weggaat, blijft hangen als gezang
Waarvan jouw tedere zachtheid mij geheel binnendringt
En mijn ziel vult zich met uitdovende zuchten
En dit geweldige gezang doet trillen mijn hele wezen.

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Translation © by Joost van der Linden