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by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916)
Translation © by Peter Low

Le ciel en nuit, s'est déplié
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Le ciel en nuit, s'est déplié
Et la lune semble veiller
Sur le silence endormi.

Tout est si pur et clair,
Tout est si pur et si pâle dans l'air
Et sur les lacs du paysage ami,
Qu'elle angoisse, la goutte d'eau
Qui tombe d'un roseau
Et tinte, et puis se tait dans l'eau.

Mais j'ai tes mains entre les miennes
Et tes yeux sûrs, qui me retiennent,
De leurs ferveurs, si doucement ;
Et je te sens si bien en paix de toute chose
Que rien, pas même un fugitif soupçon de crainte,
Ne troublera, fût-ce un moment,
La confiance sainte
Qui dort en nous comme un enfant repose.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), no title, written 1896, appears in Les heures claires, no. 4, Bruxelles, Éd. Edmond Deman, first published 1896 [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 Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Le ciel en nuit s’est déplié", published 1920 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 5, Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979) and by Stéphane Raoul Pugno (1852 - 1914), "Le ciel en nuit s'est déplié", 1909, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Les heures claires, no. 1, Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri Gagnebin (1886 - 1977), "Le ciel en nuit, s'est déplié", published 1953, from Deux Poèmes des "Heures Claires" d'Émile Verhaeren, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson (1899 - 1987), "Le ciel en nuit, s'est déplié", op. 6c [ female voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis-Marie de Serres (1864 - 1942), "Le ciel en nuit s'est déplié", 1900-1901 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Les Heures claires, poèmes pour chant et orchestre, no. 3, Éd. Mutuelle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anthon Van der Horst (1899 - 1965), "Le ciel en nuit s'est déplié", op. 81a (1958), published 1965 [ voice and piano ], Donemus, Amsterdam [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El cel en nit, s’ha desplegat", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (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: 17
Word count: 109

The night sky has opened out
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
The night sky has opened out
and the moon seems to be watching
over the sleeping silence.

Everything is so pure and clear,
so pure and so pale in the air
and on the lakes of the friendly landscape,
that she - the drop of water - frets
as she falls from a reed
and tinkles and then is silent in the pool.

But I have your two hands clasped in mine
and your sure eyes, which hold me
so gently with their fervour.
And I feel you so well at peace with everything
that nothing, not even a fleeting suspicion of fear,
will trouble, even for a moment,
the holy confidence
that sleeps inside us like a child reposing.

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  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2022 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), no title, written 1896, appears in Les heures claires, no. 4, Bruxelles, Éd. Edmond Deman, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2022-08-03
Line count: 17
Word count: 118

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