La nuict froide et sombre (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2020-11-15)  CPDL #61440:  Network.png
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General Information

Title: La nuict froide et sombre
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Joachim du Bellay

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1576 in Les meslanges, tant en vers latins qu’en ryme francoyse, no.  
    2nd published: 1576 in Le thresor de musique, Edition 1, no. 59
    3rd published: 1578 in Vingtieme livre de chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), Edition 2, no. 1
    4th published: 1931 in Das Chorwerk, no. 13.4
Description: The text is an ode by Joachim du Bellay (1522-1560), first published in 1549. Lassus has written very expressive music, following closely the meaning of the words.

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Original text and translations

French.png French text

La nuict froide et sombre,
Couvrant d'obscure ombre
La terre et les cieux,
Aussi doux que miel,
Fait couler du ciel
Le sommeil aux yeux.
 
Puis le jour luisant,
Au labeur duisant,
Sa lueur expose,
Et d'un tein divers,
Ce grand univers
Tapisse et compose.

English.png English translation

The night darkling and cold
In shadow doth enfold
The skies and earth below,
And as with honey sweet
To eyes a downy sleep
Makes from the sky to flow.

Then the bright’ning day
Lighting labor’s way,
Its radiance displays,
And with hues diverse
This great universe
Assembles and arrays.

Translation by Thomas Daughton


Dutch.png Dutch translation

Translation by Dick Wursten (2005)- letterlijke vertaling
De nacht, koud en somber
bedekkend met duistere schaduw
de aarde en de hemel…,
net zo zoet als honing
laat zij stromen uit de hemel
de slaap in de ogen.

Dan de dag, daaropvolgend,
bij de aangename arbeid
stelt zijn licht ten toon…
en met heel verscheiden tint
bekleedt zij dit grote universum
en voegt het samen.

German.png German translation

Die Nacht, kalt und dunkel,
Bedeckt mit undurchdringlichen Schatten
Die Erde und den Himmel.
So sanft wie Honig
Lässt sie den Schlaf
In die Augen fließen.

Doch am nächsten Tag
Zur harten Arbeit
Breitet sie ihren Glanz aus
Und bedeckt und gestaltet
Mit schillernden Farben
Dieses große Universum.

Korean.png Korean translation

천지를 컴컴한 음영으로 뒤덮는
춥고 어두운 밤이
꿀처럼 달디단 졸음을
하늘로부터 두 눈에 흘린다

그리고 빛나는 날이
사람을 일터로 이끌며
그 섬광을 드러내고
이 장대한 우주를
수천가지 색으로
뒤덮고 만들어낸다