by
Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
La mélodie aimante et calme de la nuit
Language: French (Français)
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La mélodie aimante et calme de la nuit
S'écoule sur la ville apaisée ; et tout bruit
Auprès de nous s'éteint pour la laisser entendre ;
-- Et le chant de tes yeux se fait aussi plus tendre.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• E. Moret About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 12.
Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.
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. 36, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, 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):
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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "La Mélodie aimante", op. 40 no. 8, published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, no. 8, London, Augener
Score: IMSLP [external link]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Sur la terrasse, le soir", published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 5b, Paris, Éd. Heugel
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 35
The night's calm and loving melody
Language: English after the French (Français)
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The night's calm and loving melody
Flows over the peaceful town; and all noise
Around us dies away so that it can be heard;
— And the song of your eyes also grows more tender.
About the headline (FAQ)
Translations of titles:
"Sur la terrasse, le soir" = "On the Terrace, in the Evening"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (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 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. 36, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 35
