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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

La nuit est bleue et chaude, et le calme...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ITA
La nuit est bleue et chaude, et le calme infini...
Roulé dans son manteau, le front sur une pierre,
Joseph dort, le coeur pur, ayant fait sa prière,
Et l'âne à ses pieds est comme un humble ami.

Entre les pieds du Sphynx appuyée à demi,
La vierge pâle et douce, à fermé la paupière;
Et, dans l'ombre, une étrange et suave lumière
Sort du petit Jésus dans ses bras endormi.

Autour d'eux le désert songe mysterieux;
Et tout est si tranquille a cette heure, en ces lieux
Qu'on entendrait l'enfant respirer sous ses voiles.

Nul souffle... La fumée immobile du feu
Monte ainsi qu'un long fil se perd dans l'air bleu...
Et le Sphynx éternel atteste les étoiles.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Le Repos en Égypte", appears in Le chariot d'or, in 1. La symphonie héroïque, in 1. Évocations, no. 10, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1901 [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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Le Repos en Égypte", op. 18 (Deux Mélodies) no. 2 (1910), published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by René Chansarel (1864 - 1945), "Le Repos en Égypte", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze poëmes chantés, no. 5, Éd. E. Demets (Max Eschig) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Le Repos en Égypte", published 1910 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937), "Nuit divine", published 1905 [ reciter, piano, violin ], from Trois adaptations musicales sur des vers, no. 2, Éd. Joanin [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Le repos en Egypte", P. 97 no. 3, published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sei Liriche, seconda serie, no. 3, Éd. Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Marcelle Soulage (1894 - 1970), "Le Repos en Égypte", published 1917 [ women's chorus and piano ], Paris : Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939), "Le repos en Egypte", op. 32 no. 3 (1908), from Poème, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Nathalie Paulin) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il riposo in Egitto", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 119

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