by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Je regardais au ciel l'étoile du matin
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Je regardais au ciel l'étoile du matin, En songeant dans mon âme à Tihit. Je n'ai jamais vu cils au bord des paupières Ni sourcils comme ceux de Tihit. Sa peau est de la joie, son parfum égale celui du musc.
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), "Je regardais au ciel l'étoile du matin", from Chants sahariens: Cinq Poèmes touareg, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "I gazed at the morning star in the sky", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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