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Nocturne

Set by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Nocturne", op. 40 no. 3 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 3, London, Augener [Sung Text]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.


Le clair de lune est comme un soupir de la nuit :
Que de soupirs aussi dans tout mon cœur qui tremble 
Et dans le tien, goûtant l'extase d'être ensemble,
Sous l'infini soupir de ce grand ciel qui luit ! 

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as 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. 18, 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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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Nachtgezang", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]



Ah ! douce nuit chaude et pamée !
Tes jeunes seins sont frais comme le clair de lune.
Ta chair sous mes baisers semble une chair de fleur.
Oh ! comment les soupir et décrire une à une,
Ces beautés en ton corps d'une exquise pâleur ?

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. 19

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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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 !

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. 32, 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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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]



Si tout mon cœur pouvait ainsi qu'en ce moment,
Sans fin trembler d'amour, délicieusement,
Tel qu'une harpe d'or que l'on touche et qui pleure !
Si je pouvais aimer sans fin, comme à cette heure !

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. 33

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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Author(s): Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909)
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