by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
La nuit Passée, nous avons agenouiller...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
La nuit passée, nous avons agennouiller nos chameaux Au pied des murs du village. Nous nous étions fait un abri avec nos vêtements. J'entendis soudain un air de musique joué par de belles Jeunes filles qui venaient leur violon sur leurs genoux.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Maurice Jaubert (1900 - 1940), "La nuit Passée, nous avons agenouiller nos chameaux", from Chants sahariens: Cinq Poèmes touareg, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Last night, we had our camels kneel", copyright © 2026, (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.
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