Aimons-nous et rêvons, nous n'aurons pas toujours

by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Aimons‑nous et rêvons, nous n'aurons pas...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: DUT ENG ENG

Aimons-nous et rêvons, nous n'aurons pas toujours 
Ce ciel devant nos yeux, doux comme une soierie :
Les morts ne la voient pas, la belle nuit fleurie 
Qui nous caresse et fait plus tendres nos amours.

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• B. Fairchild • E. Moret

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Confirmed with Henri Cazalis, Œuvres de Jean Lahor: En Orient, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, page 22.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.

Text Authorship:

by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 22, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Aimons-nous et rêvons", op. 40 no. 5, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 5, London, Augener
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by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Aimons-nous et rêvons", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 11, Paris, Éd. Heugel
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