Last night, we had our camels kneel | Last night, we had our camels kneel

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Translation © by Grant Hicks

La nuit Passée, nous avons agenouiller...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

La nuit passée, nous avons agennouiller nos chameaux
Au pied des murs du village.
Nous nous étions fait un abri avec nos vêtements.
J'entendis soudain un air de musique joué par de belles
Jeunes filles qui venaient leur violon sur leurs genoux.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Jaubert

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 Maurice Jaubert (1900 - 1940), "La nuit Passée, nous avons agenouiller nos chameaux", from Chants sahariens: Cinq Poèmes touareg, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 42

Last night, we had our camels kneel

Language: English after the French (Français)

Last night, we had our camels kneel
At the base of the village wall.
We had made ourselves a shelter out of our clothing.
Suddenly I heard a musical strain played by lovely 
Young ladies who were coming with their violins on their knees.

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a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-08
Line count: 5
Word count: 44