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Pour que la nuit soit douce il faudra que les roses Du jardin parfumé jusques à la maison Par la fenêtre ouverte à leurs odeurs écloses Parfument mollement l'ombre où nous nous taisons. Pour que la nuit soit belle il faudra le silence De la campagne obscure et du ciel étoilé, Et que chacun de nous entende ce qu'il pense Redit par une voix qui n'aura pas parlé. Pour que la nuit soit belle et douce et soit divine Le silence et les fleurs ne lui suffiront pas. Ni le jardin nocturne et les roses voisines Ni la terre qui dort, sans rumeurs et sans pas; Car vous seul, bel Amour, vous pouvez si vous êtes Favorable à nos coeurs, qu'unit la volupté, Ajouter en secret à ces heures parfaites Une grave, profonde et suprême beauté.
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Text Authorship:
- by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Invocation", written 1903-05, appears in La sandale ailée, first published 1906 [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 Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Invocation", published 1914 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies, no. 3, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel', Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by P. E. Maton , "Invocation", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Dix Mélodies pour Chant et Piano, no. 6, Paris, Édition Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Pour que la nuit soit douce", 1912 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937), "Invocation", op. 8 (Quatre poèmes) no. 2 (1907), published 1921, first performed 1908 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 136
So that the night may be sweet, the roses of the perfumed garden Must perfume gently - with their bloomed odors, Up to the house through the open window, - The shadow where we keep each other quiet. So that the night may be beautiful, it shall need the silence Of the dark country and of the starry sky, And that each one of us hear what it thinks, Repeated by one voice which will not have spoken. So that the night may be beautiful and sweet and may be divine, The silence and the flowers shall not suffice. Neither the nocturnal garden and the neighboring roses, Nor the sleeping earth, without murmurs and without steps; Because you alone, beautiful Love, if you are Favorable toward our hearts which unite the exquisite pleasure, Can add a secret to these perfect hours, A solemn, profound, and supreme beauty.
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Translations of title(s):
"Invocation" = "Invocation"
"Pour que la nuit soit douce" = "So that the night may be sweet"
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2020 by Garrett Medlock, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Invocation", written 1903-05, appears in La sandale ailée, first published 1906
This text was added to the website: 2020-04-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 145