Alfred Bachelet (1864-1944):
Chere nuit
Text: Eugene Adenis
Original Key/Recorded Key: D-flat major
Teach-Track begins: m. 8 (1 m. before voice enters)
Accompaniment Track begins: m. 1
Pianist: Daniel Michalak
N. B. In accordance with how this song is usually performed, the following choices between large and small notes have been made in this recording:
?Derriere la colline? (mm. 11-13): lower (large) notes
?Ah! leve-toi? (mm. 44-45): upper (small) notes
?terre? (mm. 52-54): upper (large) notes
Notes © 1999 by Daniel O. Michalak
Chére nuit
Dear night
Voici l'heure bientôt.
Be here the hour soon.
Derrière la colline
Behind the hill
je vois le soleil qui decline
I see the sun that sets
Et cache ses rayons jaloux ...
And hides its rays jealous?
J'entends chanter l'âme des choses
I hear singing the soul of things
Et les narcisses et les roses
And the narcissuses and the roses
M'apportent des parfums plus doux!
Bring to me with the perfumes most sweet!
Chére nuit aux clartés sereines
Dear night of light serene
Toi que ramènes le tendre amant
You who takes back the tender lover
Ah! descends et voile la terre
Ah! Descend and veil the earth
De ton mystère calme et charmant.
With your mystery calm and delightful.
Mon bonheur renaît sous ton aile
My happiness reborn under your wings
O nuit plus belle que les beaux jours:
Oh night more beautiful than the beautiful days:
Ah! lève-toi pour faire encore
Ah! Arise to make again
Briller l'aurore de mes amours?
Shine the dawn of my love?