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by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Nuit sans fin
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Nuit sans fin.
Tristesse morne des heures où l'on attend !
Cœur rompu.
Fièvre du sang rythmant les douces syllabes de son nom.
Qu'elle vienne, la trop désirée,
Qu'elle vienne, la trop aimée,
Et m'entoure de son parfum de jeune fleur !
Que mes lèvres mordent le fruit de sa bouche
Jusqu'à retenir son âme entre mes lèvres !
Ai-je donc pleuré en vain,
Ai-je donc crié en vain
Vers tout cela qui me fuit ?
Tristesse morne.
Nuit sans fin !

Text Authorship:

  • by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Nuit sans fin", L. 101/(94) no. 1 (1899–1902) [ voice and piano ], from Nuits blanches, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Endless night", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 78

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