Calm of the Night | Calm of the night, cool of the evening

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Calme des nuits

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: DUT ENG GER SPA

Calme des nuits, fraîcheur des soirs,
Vaste scintillement des mondes,
Grand silence des antres noirs
Vous charmez les âmes profondes.

L'éclat du soleil, la gaité,
Le bruit plaisent aux plus futiles;
Le poète seul est hanté
Par l'amour des choses tranquilles.

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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Calme des nuits", op. 68 (Deux chœurs) no. 1 (1882), published 1883 [ SATB chorus and piano ad libitum ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Nicolaas (Koos) Jaspers) , "Kalmte van nachten", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Calm of the Night", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Martin Stock) , "Stille der Nacht", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , "Tranquilidad de las noches", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Martin Stock

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

Calm of the Night

Language: English after the French (Français)

Calm of the night, cool of the evening,
Vast scintillation of worlds,
Great silence of black caves,
You enchant profound souls.

Bright sunshine, gaiety,
Noise are pleasing to the more frivolous;
Only the poet is obsessed 
By the love of tranquil things.

Text Authorship:

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: 2026-02-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 42