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Nuit d'Etoiles (1880) L4

Nuit d'Etoiles

Théodore de Banville

Nuit d’étoiles,

Sous tes voiles,

Sous ta brise et tes parfums,

Triste lyre

Qui soupire,

Je rêve aux amours défunts.

La sereine mélancolie

Vient éclore au fond de mon cœur,

Et j’entends l’âme de ma mie

Tressaillir dans le bois rêveur.

Nuit d’étoiles …

Je revois à notre fontaine

Tes regards bleus comme les cieux;

Cette rose, c’est ton haleine,

Et ces étoiles sont tes yeux.

Nuit d’étoiles …

Night of stars

English Translation © Richard Stokes

Night of stars,

Beneath your veils,

beneath yoru breeze and fragrance,

Sad lyre

That sighs,

I dream of bygone loves.

Serene melancholy

Now blooms deep in my heart,

And I hear the soul of my love

Quiver in the dreaming woods.

Night of stars...

Once more at our fountain I see

Your eyes as blue as the sky;

This rose is your breath

And these stars are your eyes.

Night of stars...

Composer

Claude Debussy

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Poet

Théodore de Banville

Théodore Faullain de Banville was a French poet and writer.

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Previously performed at:

06 Apr 2019: Olivia Warburton & Keval Shah
13 Oct 2018: Debussy: A Life in Song
08 May 2018: Bethan Langford, Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch

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