Let’s love each other and dream: we will not always have

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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Translation © by Anyi Sharma

Aimons‑nous et rêvons, nous n'aurons pas...

Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)

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Aimons-nous et rêvons, nous n'aurons pas toujours 
Ce ciel devant nos yeux, doux comme une soierie :
Les morts ne la voient [plus,]¹ la belle nuit fleurie 
Qui nous caresse et fait plus tendres nos amours.

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• B. Fairchild

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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 10.

¹ Fairchild: "pas"

Text Authorship:

by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 22, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Aimons-nous et rêvons", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 11, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

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by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Aimons-nous et rêvons", op. 40 no. 5, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 5, London, Augener
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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Laat ons beminnen en dromen", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Let’s love each other and dream: we will...

Language: English after the French (Français)

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Let’s love each other and dream: we will not always have
This sky before our eyes, soft like silk:
The dead do not see it anymore, this beautiful flowering night
That caresses us and makes our loves more tender.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in En Orient, in 1. Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, in 1. Les amours, in 1. L'Amour de la Femme, no. 22, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
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Based on:

a text in Arabic (العربية) by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad aṭ-Ṭūsiyy al-Ġazzālīy (c1058 - 1111) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-10-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 39