Nuits de juin | L'été, lorsque le jour a fui, de fleurs couverte

L'été, lorsque le jour a fui, de fleurs...

Language: French (Français)

Available translation(s): ENG

L'été, lorsque le jour a fui, de fleurs couverte
La plaine verse au loin un parfum enivrant ;
Les yeux fermés, l'oreille aux rumeurs entr'ouverte,
On ne dort qu'à demi d'un sommeil transparent.

Les astres sont plus purs, l'ombre paraît meilleure ;
Un vague demi-jour teint le dôme éternel ;
Et l'aube, douce et pâle, en attendant son heure,
Semble toute la nuit errer au bas du ciel.

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Authorship:

by Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Nuits de juin", appears in Les Rayons et les Ombres, no. 43, first published 1840 [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 Georges Alary (1850 - 1928), "Nuit de juin", op. 37 no. 1, published 1899 [ chorus a cappella ], from Chœurs sans accompagnement, no. 1, Paris, Durdilly [sung text not yet checked]
by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Nuits de juin", 1928, published 1982 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons françaises, no. 1, London, Faber music [sung text checked 1 time]
by Charlotte Devéria, née Thomas (1856 - 1885), "Nuits de juin", <<1877 [ medium voice and piano ], from 16 Mélodies pour chant avec accompagnement de piano, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
by Georges Flé , "Nuits de juin", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poésies mises en musique, no. 3, Édition du Mercure de France [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis (Trouillon) Lacombe (1818 - 1884), "Nuits de juin" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Klaus Miehling , "Nuits de juin", op. 312 no. 3 (2020) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Victor Hugo, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Jean Neymarck (1889 - 1913), "Nuits de juin", published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, poésies de Victor Hugo, no. 1, Paris, Éd. L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
by Gabriel Rodriguez (1829 - 1901), "Nuit de juin", 1851 [ medium voice and piano ], from Coleccion de Melodias, no. 6, Barcelona, Édition Juan Batista Pujol [sung text not yet checked]
by Frank Van Nimwegen (b. 1961), "Nuits de juin", 1995 [ SATB chorus ], from Six images intemporelles, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mario Van Overeem , "Nuit de juin" [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies : pour chant et piano, no. 3, Bruxelles : Cranz [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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