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by Jules de Lau-Lusignan (b. 1816)

Chanson arabe
Language: French (Français) 
Voyageur, laisse le doux rêve
Où tu vois passer les houris;
Car déjà le simoun soulève
Les sables à l'horizon gris.
Fuyez les brûlantes haleines,
Hâtez-vous, jeunes chameliers,
Car Elim a douze fontaines
Avec soixante-dix palmiers.

Zorah, jadis, à la gazelle
Avait, dit-on, volé ses yeux
Et sa voix à la tourterelle,
Bien longs étaient ses noirs cheveux.
Chacun voulait porter ses chaînes,
Mais nul ne savait la charmer.
Elim a ses douze fontaines
Avec soixante-dix palmiers.

Pourtant de la terre étrangère
Un beau cavalier vint un jour;
De Zorah, jusqu'alors si fière,
Le coeur tressaillit à son tour.
La brise en soufflant sur les plaines,
Le soir près d'eux vint murmurer: 
Elim a ses douze fontaines
Avec soixante-dix palmiers.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jules de Lau-Lusignan (b. 1816) [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 Paul-Jean-Jacques Lacôme d'Estalenx (1838 - 1920), "Chanson arabe" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest Tessier (1851 - 1909), as Ernest Lavigne, "Chanson arabe" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne) , "Arabian song"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 120

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