How beautiful is night!
A dewy freshness fills the silent air;
No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain
Breaks the serene of heaven:
In full-orbed glory yonder Moon divine
Rolls through the dark-blue depths.
Beneath her steady ray
The desert-circle spreads,
Like the round ocean, girdled [with]1 the sky.
How beautiful is night!
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Qué hermosa es la noche
una fresca humedad llena el aire silencioso
sin niebla oscura, ninguna nube, ni motas ni manchas
rompen la serenidad del cielo:
en gloriosa plenitud la divina luna
se mueve en la profundidad oscura del azul.
Junto a su rayo constante
se extienden los círculos desiertos
como el redondo océano rodeado por el cielo.
Qué hermosa es la noche.
