Beautiful
night, glowing moon,
it’s
you and me forever to be,
night
hums a mellow tune,
singing
lullaby for me and thee.
Wishes
fly in sandy dunes,
on
the shores of dreamy sea,
beautiful
night, glowing moon,
it’s
you and me forever to be.
But
this dream ends soon,
reality
is different to see,
vanishing
suddenly you and me,
dissolving
in vast lagoon,
beautiful
night, glowing moon.
Rondel: French poetry form; 13 lines. The rhyme
pattern is A. B. a. b.. and .a. b. A. B. for the first two stanzas and a
quintain for the final stanza that mirrors the first two stanzas, with the last
line repeating the first line of the first stanza . The meter is open but like
most French poetry, usually of eight syllables.