Contes d'Hoffmann. Belle nuit arranged;Barcarolle : Belle nuit = O shining night : from the opera Tales of Hoffmann / lyric by Charles Henry Meltzer music by Jacques Offenbach

Belle nuit, o nuit d’amour,/Sourisa nos ivresses!/Nuit plus douce que le jour,/O belle nuit d’amour!/Les temps fuit et sans retour/Emporte nos tendresses,/Loin de cet heureux sejour/Le temps fuit sans retour./Zephirs embrases,/Verseznous vos cares./Zephirs embrases,/Donneznous vos baisers, vos baisers, vos baisers! Ah!/Belle nuit o nuit d’amour,/Souris a nos ivresses!/Nuit plus douce que le jour,/O belle nuit d’amour!/Ah! Souris a nos ivresses!/Nuit d’amour! O nuit d’amour!/Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!Shining night, o night of love,/Thy beaming beauty blesses!/Light of night, that shines above,/O shining night of love./Time runs on and comes no more,/It goes with our caresses,/Far from this beguiling shore,/It goes and comes no more!/O breezes as ye play,/Blow away our distresses,/O breezes as ye play,/Waft our sorrow away! As ye play!/As ye play. Ah!/Shining night, o night of love,/Thy beaming beauty blesses;/Light of night that beams above,/O shining night of love!/Ah! Smile on all our caresses!/Night of love! O, night of love! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!