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.
Sur la terrasse, le soir
Set by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Sur la terrasse, le soir", published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 5b, Paris, Éd. Heugel
(Sung Text)
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Translations available : DUT
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
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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
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (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 text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Oh ! mon amour, pourquoi, quand nous sommes ensemble,
Délicieusement, ai-je le cœur qui tremble ?...
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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. 28, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1907
See other settings of this text.
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
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.
Researcher for this page: Johann WinklerAuthor(s): Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909)