Tout cœur sensible préfère La lune à l'astre du jour. Sa douce et tendre lumière, Sombre et claire tour-à-tour, Offre son ombre au mystère, Et ses clartés à l'amour. Des longues nuits de l'absence, Seule elle adoucit l'horreur, Offre à mon cœur l'espérance, Porte à mes sens la fraîcheur, Et semble, par son silence, Attentive à ma douleur. Sa lueur pâle et discrète D'amour dirige les pas, De la jeune bergerette Fait deviner les appas, Et quelquefois même en prête A celle qui n'en a pas. Ô nuit par elle embellie, Plus belle que les beaux jours ! Quand je suis près de Julie, Puisses-tu durer toujours, Endormir la jalousie, N'éveiller que les amours !
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Confirmed with Œuvres de la Harpe, de l'Académie française. Tome XII, Paris, chez Verdière, 1820, pages 148-149.
Authorship:
- by Louis-Philippe, Comte de Ségur (1753 - 1830), no title [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 Dmitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky (1751 - 1825), "Hymne à la lune", published 1793 [ medium voice and piano ], also set in Ukrainian (Українська) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Dmitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky.
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Word count: 115
Chutly`ve serce zigriye Ne sonce — misyachna tin`: Koxanciv tajnu leliye Prozora j legka svitlin`, V nij nizhno lyubov yix mliye I tone chuttiv gly`bin`. V smutnij gody`ni rozluky` Ta lagid` spokij daye, Vazhki polegshuye muky`, Shho serce yatryat` moe, J nadiyu zamist` rozpuky` Dushi moyij podaye Koly` beznevy`nnist` boyit`sya Chuttyam viddaty`s` palky`m, Vagayet`sya i strashy`t`sya V pory`vi vtonut` p'yankim, Sty`dly`vist` zhadaye vkry`t`sya Serpankom svitla blidy`m. Na nebi misyacz` siyaye, Pastushci stelet`sya put` Tudy`, de kvitom rozmayu Koxannya stezhky` czvitut`, J krasoyu yiyi vinchav, Yakoyi vik ne zabut`, O noche! Misyachne svitlo Vidkry`lo radist` meni, Dlya nas u n`omu rozkvitly` Z Sil`viyeyu shhastya dni, I revnoshhiv muky` zny`kly` V osyajly`vij ty`shy`ni.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Louis-Philippe, Comte de Ségur (1753 - 1830), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dmitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky (1751 - 1825), "Гімн місяцю", published 1793 [ medium voice and piano ], also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-10-14
Line count: 30
Word count: 111