As darkness falls | As darkness falls and the mists melt away

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by Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs

Translation © by Patrick Cardy

Avec la nuit montante

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Avec la nuit montante et le lever des brumes, 
L'âme en deuil de la verte mer qui resplendit 
Se dresse fabuleuse en blancs crêpes d'écumes, 
Avec la nuit montante et le lever des brumes.  

Les mouettes trempent dans l'eau nocturne leurs plumes, 
Et voici triompher sur le soir agrandi, 
Avec la nuit montante et le lever des brumes, 
L'âme en deuil de la verte mer qui resplendit.

Text Authorship:

by Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Patrick Cardy (1953 - 2005), "Avec la nuit montante", 1986 [baritone and piano], from Les Eaux de Tristesse, no. 1. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Patrick Cardy) , title 1: "As darkness falls", copyright © 1986, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 67

As darkness falls

Language: English after the French (Français)

  As darkness falls and the mists melt away,
  the mourning soul of the glittering green sea
  raises itself in fabulous white veils of foam,
  as darkness falls and the mists melt away.
 
  The gulls dip their feathers in the night water,
  and behold, the mourning soul of the glittering
  green sea rejoices in the vast night,
  as darkness falls and the mists melt away.

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a text in French (Français) by Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 65