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by Camille Distel

Bonne nuit!
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
La terre dort au ciel pur,
Les étoiles dans l'azur
Descendent veiller sur elle;
Sur la terre un jardin fleurit,
Mais les fleurs ont plié l'aile.
Bonne nuit!

Un petit toit monte seul
Au jardin sous le tilleul:
Il porte une humble tourelle;
Un oiseaulet dans son nid
Gazouille et fait sentinelle.
Bonne nuit!

Dans la tourelle une enfant
S'est endormie en rêvant
À la fleur fraiche comme elle;
Le ciel la garde et reluit
En son âme jeune et belle,
Bonne nuit!

Text Authorship:

  • by Camille Distel  [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Bonne nuit!", op. 2 no. 2a (1868), published 1872, from Trois mélodies, deux duos & un trio, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Good night", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 83

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