Bonne nuit | Certains disent bonne nuit — la nuit —

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Goodnight

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Some say goodnight — at night —
I say goodnight by day —
Good-bye — the Going utter me —
Goodnight, I still reply —

For parting, that is night,
And presence, simply dawn —
Itself, the purple on the height
Denominated morn.

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), written 1863 [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 Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Goodnight", first performed 2014 [ soprano, piano ], from Newer Every Day: Songs for Kiri, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonne nuit", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-03-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Bonne nuit

Language: French (Français) after the English

Certains disent bonne nuit — la nuit —
je dis bonne nuit le jour —
Au revoir — Ceux qui s'en vont me disent —
Bonne nuit, je réponds encore —

Car partir, c'est la nuit,
Et la présence, simplement l'aube —
Elle-même, la pourpre sur la hauteur
Nommée le matin.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), written 1863
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 51