Le grand jardin d'azur, la nuit, va se rouvrir ; Mon amour, allons voir loin de la foule humaine Venir à nous la Lune en sa robe de reine, Et dans ce jardin bleu les étoiles fleurir. Viens ô bien-aimée, viens !
Le grand jardin d'azur
Set by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Le grand jardin d'azur", op. 40 no. 1, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 1, London, Augener
Score: IMSLP [external link]
(Sung Text)
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
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. 64, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "De grote tuin van azuur", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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 page: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Mon âme en toi veut fuir le monde détesté. Hors de ce monde impur elle veut pour asiles Tes grands yeux verts, frais et fleuris comme des îles, Et mon refuge aimant sera ta pureté.
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. 49
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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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Je voudrais t’emporter dans une solitude Où fleurirait ton corps seulement pour mes yeux ; Et pouvoir y goûter cette béatitude De ne plus voir que toi, des forêts et les cieux.
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. 50
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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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Author(s): Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909)