Par les rameaux silencieux Vois les gouttes du clair de lune Couler sur les fleurs une à une, Larmes pâles tombant des cieux.
Contemplation
Set by Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950), "Contemplation", op. 41, published 1917 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éditions Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
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. 86
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 54.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
La lune, tendre luth d’argent, Dont les rayons blancs sont les cordes, Avec mon cœur triste et changeant, Doucement, Allah, tu l’accordes.
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. 87
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 55.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Author(s): Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909)