Calme des nuits (Camille Saint-Saëns)

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• CPDL #3770: Sibelius 2.
  

Editor: Stuart McIntosh (added 2002-07-04).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 108 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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• CPDL #838: Finale-1998.
  

Editor: Rafael Ornes (added 2000-05-17).   Score information: 68 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Calme des nuits, Op. 68, No. 1
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chansons
Language: French
Instruments: none
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Original text and translations

File:Flag-fra.png Original Text
Calmes des nuits, fraicheur des soirs,
Vaste scintillement des mondes,
Grand silence des antres noirs
Vous charmez les âmes profondes.
L'éclat du soleil, la gaité,
Le bruit plaisent aux plus futiles;
Le poéte seul est hanté
Par l'amour des choses tranquiles.
File:Flag-eng.png English Translation
Stillness of the night, cool of the evening,
Vast shimmering of the spheres,
Great silence of black vaults
Deep thinkers delight in you.
The bright sun, merriment,
And noise amuse the more frivolous;
Only the poet is possessed
By the love of quiet things.
File:Flag-ita.png Italian Translation
Calma delle notti,
Freschezza delle sere,
Vasto ondeggiamento dei mondi,
Grande silenzio delle caverne nere,
Incantate i cuori profondi.
L'abbaglio del sole, la gaité,
Il rumore soddisfano i più inutili;
Il poeta solo è abitato
Dall'amore delle cose calme.