by
Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Images
Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)
Un coq qui chante, un cheval qui piaffe, un chat qui rentre :
l'aube.
Un lis qui s'incline, un citron qui tombe, un arbre qui craque :
midi.
Les sables qui bleuissent, les fumées qui montent,
les amants qui se retrouvent :
la nuit.
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des caresses, L'édition d'Art H. Piazza, p.65
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jacqueline Despas (1893 - 1968), "Images", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes Arabes, no. 11, Paris, Éd. Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "Images", op. 93 no. 1 (1926), published 2020 [ voice and piano ], from Le jardin des caresses, no. 1, Höflich, München [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Images", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Images
Language: English after the French (Français)
A cock crowing, a horse stamping, a cat returning:
dawn.
A lily bending, a lemon falling, a tree rustling:
noon.
Sands turning blue, smoke rising,
lovers meeting:
night.
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