by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Astres, musiciens célestes, votre chant
Language: French (Français)
Astres, musiciens célestes, votre chant, Fait de vibrations prises pour du silence, S'unit à ma pensée, en rêves s'épanchant Sur les flots où la lune émerge et se balance.
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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 14.
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. 46, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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