Dutch (Nederlands) translation of Près de l'aimée

by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Près de l'aimée", op. 40 no. 6, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 6, London, Augener
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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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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.

1 Moret: "La lune"

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Sous la nuit chaude parfumée
Par la blanche odeur de jasmins,
Oh ! qu'il est doux, près de l'aimée
De pleurer d'amour sur ses mains !

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 27.

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)
De volle maan met zijn bleke betovering
Brengt de aarde in extase en betovert alles,
De nachtegalen huilden in het rozenbed
En onze harten in de nacht smelten samen in liefde.

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Translation of title "Près de l'aimée" = "Dichtbij de geliefde"


Onder de geurende warme nacht
Door de witte geur van jasmijn
Oh! wat is het zacht, dichtbij de geliefde
huilend van de liefde in zijn handen.

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