Beloved Night | Soon the hour will be here. Behind the hill

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by Eugène Adénis-Colombeau (1854 - 1923)

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

Chère nuit

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Voici l'heure bientôt. Derrière la colline
je vois le soleil qui décline
Et cache ses rayons jaloux ...
J'entends chanter l'âme des choses
Et les narcisses et les roses
M'apportent des parfums plus doux!
Chére nuit aux clartés sereines
Toi que ramènes le tendre amant
Ah! descends et voile la terre
De ton mystère calme et charmant.
Mon bonheur renaît sous ton aile
O nuit plus belle que les beaux jours:
Ah! lève-toi pour faire encore
Briller l'aurore de mes amours?

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Adénis-Colombeau (1854 - 1923) [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 Alfred Bachelet (1864 - 1944), "Chère nuit" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Chère nuit", op. 329 no. 5 (2021) [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Eugène Adénis-Colombeau, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Beloved Night", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Eugene Moon

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 80

Beloved Night

Language: English after the French (Français)

Soon the hour will be here. Behind the hill
I see the sun that goes down
and jealously hides its rays.
I hear the soul of things singing,
and the narcissuses and roses
send me the sweetest perfumes!
Beloved night of serene radiance,
you who bring back my tender lover,
ah, come down and veil the earth
with your calm and charming mystery.
My happiness is re-born under your wings,
o night, more beautiful than any days are:
ah, arise and again make
the dawn of my love shine forth!

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Eugène Adénis-Colombeau (1854 - 1923)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 90