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by Renée de Brimont, Mme la Baronne (1880 - 1943)

Jardin nocturne
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG GER
Nocturne jardin tout empli de silence,
voici que la lune ouverte se balance
en des voiles d'or fluides et légers ;
elle semble proche et cependant lointaine...
Son visage rit au cœur de la fontaine
et l'ombre pâlit sous les noirs orangers.

Nul bruit, si ce n'est le faible bruit de l'onde
fuyant goutte à goutte au bord des vasques rondes,
ou le bleu frisson d'une brise d'été,
furtive parmi des palmes invisibles...
Je sais, ô jardin, vos caresses sensibles
et votre languide et chaude volupté !

Je sais votre paix délectable et morose,
vos parfums d'iris, de jasmins et de roses,
vos charmes troublés de désirs et d'ennui...
ô jardin muet ! -- L'eau des vasques s'égoutte
avec un bruit faible et magique... J'écoute
ce baiser qui chante aux lèvres de la Nuit.

Confirmed with Renée de Brimont, Mirages, Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1919, page 53.


Text Authorship:

  • by Renée de Brimont, Mme la Baronne (1880 - 1943), "Jardin nocturne", written 1919, appears in Mirages, in 1. De l'eau et des paysages, no. 23, Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, first published 1919 [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):

  • by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Jardin nocturne", op. 113 no. 3 (1919), published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mirages, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Durand & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Jardí nocturn", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Nocturnal garden", subtitle: "Nocturne in the garden", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Nächtiger Garten", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Didier Pelat

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 130

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