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by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929)

Nocturne
 (Sung text for setting by E. Chausson)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
La nuit était tranquille et ténébreuse; à peine, 
Quelques épingles d'or scintillaient dans l'ébène
  De ses grands cheveux déroulés,
Qui, sur nous, sur la mer lointaine et sur la terre
Ensevelie en un sommeil plein de mystère,
  Secouaient des parfums ailés.

 ... 

Et notre jeune amour, naissant de nos pensées,
S'éveillait sur le lit de cent roses glacées
  Qui n'avaient respiré qu'un jour ;
Et moi, je lui disais, pâle et tremblant de fièvre,
Que nous mourrions tous deux, le sourire à la lèvre,
  En même temps que notre amour.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Nocturne", op. 8 no. 1 (1886), stanzas 1,3 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre poèmes de Bouchor, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Bouchor (1855 - 1929), no title, appears in Les poëmes de l'amour et de la mer, in 1. La fleur des eaux, no. 11, first published 1876

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 130

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