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by (Gabriel-Narcisse-)Napoléon Legendre (1841 - 1907)

Nuit d'été
Language: French (Français) 
Voici la nuit, tout est silence,
Autour de nous l’ombre s’avance,
La vague expire sans effort
Et sur son nid l’oiseau s’endort.
O douce nuit, calme et sereine,
Que sur mon front ta tiède haleine
Comme un parfum passe, et rêveur
Vers l’infini je sens battre mon cœur.

À l’horizon, la lune blanche
Solitaire vers nous se penche,
Et son rayon mystérieux
Luit sur l’immensité des cieux.
Astre divin quand la nature
Partout fait taire son murmure,
Ton disque blanc veille sans bruit
Comme un flambeau dans l’ombre de la nuit.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Gabriel-Narcisse-)Napoléon Legendre (1841 - 1907) [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 Calixa Lavallée (1842 - 1891), "Nuit d'été" [ voice and piano ], Québec : Arthur Lavigne
        Score: IMSLP [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 91

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