La mélodie aimante et calme de la nuit S'écoule sur la ville apaisée ; et tout bruit Auprès de nous s'éteint pour la laisser entendre ; -- Et le chant de tes yeux se fait aussi plus tendre.
La Mélodie aimante
Set by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "La Mélodie aimante", op. 40 no. 8, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 8, London, Augener
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(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. 36, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
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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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 12.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Par les rameaux silencieux Vois les gouttes du clair de lune Couler sur les fleurs une à une, Larmes pâles tombant des 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. 86
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
See other settings of this text.
Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. En Orient, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 54.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Fraternise, ô mon âme, avec les astres d'or, Âmes aussi, brûlant par la nuit infinie, Brûle comme eux, palpite, aime et souffre, aime encor ; Avec l'aube et les soirs sublimes communie.
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. 35, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
Based on:
- a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
See other settings of this text.
Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 12.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Author(s): Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909)