N'éteins pas la lampe ; Attise notre feu De branches de cèdre qui se meurt, Et laisse dans tes cheveux, Mignonne amante, Cette fleur. Laisse la croisée Ouverte au soir léger Pour que l'odeur irisée Des amandiers du verger Entre avec la chanson triste du jet d'eau. Et jusqu'à ce que le matin délicieux Revienne poser son doux fardeau De lauriers roses à ta fenêtre, Je t'aimerai, charmeuse fillette, Jusqu'à ce que les cernes de tes yeux Soient comme des violettes.
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, 1903, pages 160-161.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "La nuit heureuse", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "La nuit heureuse", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 16, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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