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Le ciel en nuit, s'est déplié Et la lune semble veiller Sur le silence endormi. Tout est si pur et clair, Tout est si pur et si pâle dans l'air Et sur les lacs du paysage ami, Qu'elle angoisse, la goutte d'eau Qui tombe d'un roseau Et tinte, et puis se tait dans l'eau. Mais j'ai tes mains entre les miennes Et tes yeux sûrs, qui me retiennent, De leurs ferveurs, si doucement ; Et je te sens si bien en paix de toute chose Que rien, pas même un fugitif soupçon de crainte, Ne troublera, fût-ce un moment, La confiance sainte Qui dort en nous comme un enfant repose.
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Authorship:
- by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), no title, written 1896, appears in Les heures claires, no. 4, Bruxelles, Éd. Edmond Deman, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Le ciel en nuit s’est déplié", published 1920 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 5, Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979) and by Stéphane Raoul Pugno (1852 - 1913/4), "Le ciel en nuit s'est déplié", 1909, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Les heures claires, no. 1, Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Gagnebin (1886 - 1977), "Le ciel en nuit, s'est déplié", published 1953, from Deux Poèmes des "Heures Claires" d'Émile Verhaeren, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson (1899 - 1987), "Le ciel en nuit, s'est déplié", op. 6c [ female voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis-Marie de Serres (1864 - 1942), "Le ciel en nuit s'est déplié", 1900-1901 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Les Heures claires, poèmes pour chant et orchestre, no. 3, Éd. Mutuelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anthon Van der Horst (1899 - 1965), "Le ciel en nuit s'est déplié", op. 81a (1958), published 1965 [ voice and piano ], Donemus, Amsterdam [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El cel en nit, s’ha desplegat", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 110
El cel en nit, s’ha desplegat i la lluna sembla vetllar damunt el silenci adormit. Tot és tan pur i tan clar, tot és tan pur i tan pàl·lid a l’aire i damunt els llacs del paisatge amic, que ella angoixa, la gota d’aigua que cau d’un canyís i dringa, i després calla dins l’aigua. Però jo tinc les teves mans entre les meves i els teus ulls confiats que em restrenyen de llurs fervors tan dolçament; i jo em sento tan bé i en pau de tota cosa que res, ni tan sols una fugaç sospita de temor, no pertorbarà, ni per un moment, la santa confiança que, com reposa un infant, dorm en nosaltres.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 by Salvador Pila, (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 Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), no title, written 1896, appears in Les heures claires, no. 4, Bruxelles, Éd. Edmond Deman, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-16
Line count: 17
Word count: 116