Redder than the flower of the ohkouan

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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Ebn Zeïdoun

(Sung text for setting by R. Coelho)

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Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)

Our translations: ENG

Plus rouge que la fleur de l'ohkouan 
le soleil descendait derrière la campagne. 
C'était l'heure convenue. J'avais entravé mon cheval et je m'étais assis. 

Tu es arrivée, ma bien-aimée ! 
Alors un grand frisson m'a saisi, comme le dormeur 
qui est surpris par l'aurore.

Composition:

Ruy Coelho

6 Kacides mauresques

Text Authorship:

by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 70, appears in Kacidas Mauresques du Xe siècle

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 45

Redder than the flower of the ohkouan

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Coelho)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

Redder than the flower of the ohkouan
the sun set behind the landscape.
It was the appointed hour.  I'd tied up my horse and I'd sat down.

You appeared, my beloved!
Then I was seized with a great shiver, like a sleeper
who is surprised by the dawn.

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Translations of titles:
"Attente" = "Waiting"
"Ebn Zeïdoun" = "Ebn Zeïdoun"
"L'Attente" = "Waiting"

Note to stanza 1, line 1, line 7: ohkouan appears in Toussaint's translation from the Arabic and is left unexplained.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 70, appears in Kacidas Mauresques du Xe siècle
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

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This text was added to the website: 2025-09-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 50