by
Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Le grand jardin d'azur, la nuit, va se...
Language: French (Français)
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Le grand jardin d'azur, la nuit, va se rouvrir ;
Mon amour, allons voir loin de la foule humaine
Venir à nous la Lune en sa robe de reine,
Et dans ce jardin bleu les étoiles fleurir.
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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 19.
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.
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. 64, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Word count: 37
The great azure garden at night will...
Language: English after the French (Français)
The great azure garden at night will open again;
My love, let us go and see, far from the human throng,
The Moon coming to us in her queenly robes,
And the stars blossoming in that garden of blue.
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- a text in French (Français) 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. 64, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-27
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Word count: 40
