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by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Nuit. Silence
 (Sung text for setting by J. Cras)
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Language: French (Français)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Nuit. Silence. Immobilité d'une branche et de ma pensée. 
Une rose, image de ta splendeur éphémère, 
vient de laisser tomber un de ses pétales. 
Où es-tu, en ce moment, toi qui m'as tendu 
la coupe et que j'appelle encore ? 
Sans doute, aucune rose ne s'effeuille près de celui 
que tu désaltères là-bas, et tu es privée 
du bonheur amer dont je sais t'enivrer.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean-Émile-Paul Cras (1879 - 1932), "Nuit. Silence", 1924, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Robaiyat, no. 3, Éd. Maurice Sénart (Salabert)

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), no title, appears in Robaiyat, no. 97, Paris, Éd. Piazza, first published 1924

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048 - c1122) [text unavailable]
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