And in the ecstasy of the still nights

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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Et dans l'extase des nuits calmes

Language: French (Français)

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Et dans l'extase des nuits calmes,
Dans leur chaleur et leur langueur,
Sous la lune argentant les palmes,
Un lotus entr'ouvrit son cœur.

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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, Les Quatrains d'Al-Ghazali, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1896, page 7.

Note: This is not a translation. Al-Ghazali left no known poetry; these quatrains were written by Jean Lahor (pseudonym of Henri Cazalis), who imagined himself into Al-Ghazali's life and thought, adopting the quatrain form because it was current in Omar Khayyam's era.

Text Authorship:

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. 7 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Sous la lune argentant les palmes", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 9b, Paris, Éd. Heugel
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by Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950), "Le Printemps", op. 40, published 1917 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], Paris, Éditions Ricordi
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ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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And in the ecstasy of the still nights

Language: English after the French (Français)

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And in the ecstasy of the still nights,
In their heat and their languor,
Under the moon that silvers the palm trees,
A lotus half-opens its heart.

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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. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-26
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Word count: 27