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by Philippe Desportes (1545 - 1606)

Prière au sommeil
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Somme, doux repos de nos yeux.
Aimé des hommes et des dieux,
Fils de la Nuit et du Silence,
Qui peux les esprits délier,
Qui fait les soucis oublier,
Endormant toute violence.

Clos mes yeux, fais-moi sommeiller,
Je t'attends sur mon oreiller,
Où je tiens la tête appuyée :
Je suis dans mon lit sans mouvoir,
Pour mieux ta douceur recevoir,
Douceur dont la peine est noyée.

Text Authorship:

  • by Philippe Desportes (1545 - 1606), "Prière au Sommeil", appears in Les Amours de Diane [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 Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Prière au sommeil", op. 45 no. 4 (1944), published 2001, copyright © 1950 [ medium voice and organ ], from 18 sonnets et chansons de Philippe Desportes, no. 4, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "Prière au sommeil", 1943, published 1950 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Poèmes de la Pléiade, Vol. I, no. 5, Editions Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Judith Kellock) , "Prayer to sleep", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Judith Kellock

This text was added to the website: 2007-01-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

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