Heure pâle où se meurt tout bruit ! Le monde est comme une féerie. La robe noire de la nuit Par le clair de lune est fleurie.
Heure pâle
Set by Rodolphe Théophile Cahen d'Anvers, marquis de Torre Alfina (1869 - 1955), "Heure pâle", published 1906 [ medium voice and piano ], from L'Idylle persane, in the supplement to Le Figaro, July 14, 1906 [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. 55
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
Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 16.
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]
See other settings of this text.
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)