I gazed at the morning star in the sky | I gazed at the morning star in the sky

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Je regardais au ciel l'étoile du matin

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je regardais au ciel l'étoile du matin,
En songeant dans mon âme à Tihit.
Je n'ai jamais vu cils au bord des paupières
Ni sourcils comme ceux de Tihit.
Sa peau est de la joie, son parfum égale celui du musc.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Maurice Jaubert (1900 - 1940), "Je regardais au ciel l'étoile du matin", from Chants sahariens: Cinq Poèmes touareg, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "I gazed at the morning star in the sky", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 5
Word count: 41

I gazed at the morning star in the sky

Language: English after the French (Français)

I gazed at the morning star in the sky, 
Dreaming in my soul of Tihit. 
Never have I seen lashes at the edges of eyelids
Nor eyebrows like those of Tihit. 
His skin is made of joy, and his scent rivals that of musk.

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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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-07
Line count: 5
Word count: 44