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Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Le grand jardin d'azur, la nuit, va se...
Language: French (Français) after the Arabic (العربية)
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Le grand jardin d'azur, la nuit, va se rouvrir ;
Mon amour, allons voir loin de la foule humaine
Venir à nous la Lune en sa robe de reine,
Et dans ce jardin bleu les étoiles fleurir.1
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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 19.
1 Fairchild adds "Viens ô bien-aimée, viens !"
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- 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. 64, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "De grote tuin van azuur", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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De grote tuin van azuur
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the French (Français)
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De grote azuren tuin - de nacht - opent zich weer
Mijn liefje, laten we zien, ver van de mensengekte,
Komen naar ons de maan in haar koninginnegewaad
En in deze blauwe tuin de sterren bloeien
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- a text in French (Français) 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. 64, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-27
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Word count: 34
