English translation of Près de ton âme
by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Près de ton âme", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 6, Paris, Éd. HeugelNote: this is a translation of one multi-text setting.
Près de ton âme tout l'été, Je me suis nourri de lumière, J’ai bu, j’ai mangé ta beauté, J’ai bu ta clarté printanière !
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, written 1907, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 62, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1907
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 42.
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La lune 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.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 38, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1907
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed 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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Near to your heart all Summer, I fed myself on light, I drank, I ate your beauty, I drank your vernal brightness!
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, written 1907, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 62, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1907
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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The moon with its pale enchantment Enraptured the world and cast a spell over everything; The nightingales wept in the harem of the roses, And our loving hearts intermingled in the night.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 38, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1907
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