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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Nuit funèbre
 (Sung text for setting by D. Fleuret)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Ineffablement triste était la nuit d'hier ;
La mer pleurait. La lune, en sortant de la mer,
Livide rappelait la face d'une morte,
La mer pleurait ; sa plainte était large et si forte,
Que tout mon cœur semblait pleurer avec la mer.

Les flots, en gémissant, se roulaient sur la dune,
Et, tandis qu'en un ciel brumeux montait la lune,
Ton souvenir, ô morte, aussi montait en moi,
Et mon cœur sanglotait et s'élançait vers toi,
Comme les lourds flots noirs qui hurlait sous la lune.

Composition:

    Set to music by Daniel Fleuret (1869 - 1915), "Nuit funèbre", published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], from L'Illusion, poème en neuf chants de Jean Lahor, no. 2, Lyon, Éd. Janin Frères

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Nuit funèbre", written 1875, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875

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