Nocturne

Ô fraîche Nuit,
Nuit transparente,
Mystère sans obscurité,
La vie est noire et dévorante
Ô fraîche Nuit,
Nuit transparente.
Donne-moi ta placidité.

Ó belle Nuit.
Nuit étoilée.
Vers moi tes regards sont baissées.
Éclaire mon âme troublée,
Ô belle Nuit,
Nuit étoilée,
Mets ton sourire en mes pensers.

Ô sainte Nuit, 
Nut taciturne,
Pleine de paix et de douceur.
Mon coeur bouillone comme une urne.
Ô sainte Nuit, 
Nut taciturne,
Fais le silence dans mon coeur.

Ô grande Nuit,
Nuit solemnelle,
En qui tout est délicieux,
Prends mon être entier sous ton aile.
Ô grande Nuit,
Nuit solemnelle,
Vers le sommeil en mes yeux.

by Louis de Fourcaud (1851-1914)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by César Franck (1822-1890) , "Nocturne", FWV. 85 (1884), published 1885. [voice and piano]

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

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