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En vain l'Aurore, Qui se colore, Annonce un jour Fait pour l'Amour ; De la pensée Tout oppressée, Pour te revoir, J'attends le soir. L'Aurore, en fuite, Laisse à sa suite, Un soleil pur, Un ciel d'azur : L'Amour s'éveille ; Pour lui je veille ; Et, pour te voir, J'attends le soir. Heure charmante, Soyez moins lente ! Avancez-vous, Moment si doux ! Une journée Est une année, Quand, pour te voir, J'attends le soir. Un voile sombre Ramène l'ombre ; Un doux repos Suit les travaux : Mon sein palpite, Mon cœur me quitte... Je vais te voir ; Voilà le soir.
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Confirmed with Les Œuvres poétiques de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Grenoble, Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1973.
Text Authorship:
- by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Le Soir", written 1815, appears in Poésies de 1830, in Poésies inédites, in Romances, no. 2 [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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "La Tyrolienne du soir", published 1848 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice Blangini (1781 - 1841), as Felix Blangini, "Le Soir", published 1820, Paris, Félix Blangini [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Diémer (1843 - 1919), "Le Soir", 1863 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alphonse Fontvanne , "Le Soir", published 1819, Paris, Momigny [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre-Jean Garat (1762 - 1823), "Le Soir", published c1813, Paris, Melles Erard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Baptiste Pierre Lélu , "J'attends le soir", published 1814, Paris, Chez Barba [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Baptiste Pierre Lélu , "J'attends le soir", published 1819, Paris, Chez Lélu et F. Louis [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Martainville (1788 - 1832), "Le soir", c1822 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugène Moniot (c1820 - 1878), "Le Soir", published c1850 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frédéric Mounier (flourished c1868), "Le Soir", published 1868, Paris, H. L. d'Aubel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Potharst (d. 1888), "Le Soir" [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Romances de Madame Desbordes Valmore, no. 3, Amsterdam, J. A. Roumen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antoine Joseph Michael Romagnesi (1781 - 1850), "Le Soir", published 1854, Paris, Garnier frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760 - 1836), "Le Soir", published c1815 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. B. Roux-Martin (d. 1834), "J'attends le soir", published 1821-1822, Lyon, Arnaud [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Rouzé (flourished c1827), "Le Soir", published c1827, Paris, Meissonnier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Le Soir", 1841 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugénie Santa Coloma Sourget (1827 - 1895), "Le Soir", published 1874, Paris, E. Gérard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Ségisser (flourished c1861), "Le Soir", published 1861, Paris, C. Prilipp [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Spaeth (1790 - 1876), "Le soir" [ voice and piano ], from Vier französische Romanzen, no. 3, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by François Sudre (1787 - 1862), "Le Soir", published 1825, Paris, Chez l'auteur [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Tricot (1926 - 2009), "Le Soir" [ soprano and piano ], from Mélodies, recueil 1, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
- by Théobald Walsh (1792 - 1881), "Pour te revoir j'attends le soir", subtitle: "Romance", published 1818, Paris, François Louis [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Willeby (1865 - 1955) and by Antoine Albanese (1729 - 1800), "J'attends le soir", published 1883, note: melody by Albanese, transcribed and arranged by Willeby; Paris, Heugel et fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexandre Zimmerman , "Le Soir", published 1822, Paris, Boïeldieu jeune [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Daniel Anton (1801 - 1853) ; composed by Andreas Spaeth.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-25
Line count: 32
Word count: 95
In vain does Dawn, Her face ablush, Announce a day That's made for Love; By thoughts of you All overwhelmed, To meet again, I wait for night. Dawn, as she flees, Leaves in her wake A brilliant sun, An azure sky: Love stirs from sleep; I watch for him; And, to see you, I wait for night. Enchanted hour, Be not so slow! O quickly come, Moment of bliss! A day's short span Becomes a year, When, to see you, I wait for night. A somber veil Shadows the earth; A sweet repose Comes after toil: My bosom throbs, My heart takes wing... Soon I'll see you; Here is the night.
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Translations of titles:
"J'attends le soir" = "I await the night"
"La Tyrolienne du soir" = "Tyrolian Song of the Night"
"Le Soir" = "The Night"
"Pour te revoir j'attends le soir" = "To see you again I await the night"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2025 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 Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Le Soir", written 1815, appears in Poésies de 1830, in Poésies inédites, in Romances, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2025-11-02
Line count: 32
Word count: 111