French term (edited): L'aube n'est jamais si proche qu'au plus noir de la nuit.

maintains darkness and dawn imagery

It's always darkest before the dawn
when your world is weary,
when all is dark,
when dreams die and fade away,
and all of life is stark,
take heart in gentle love,
for she waits in the wings,
and where she walks,
fairies dance and angels sing,
though you cannot see her,
she weaves a silken touch,
leaving footprints in the sand,
sprinkling spells and such,
lighting the dampened corridors,
the dark corners of your mind,
leaving you breathless,
bewildered by her kind,
goodness glints in her eyes,
hope is in her arms,
and all you've ever dreamed of,
rests sweetly in her charms.

J. Blagojevic


Lovely isn't it ??

just another variation - as used by the Mammas and the Papas et al!

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Note added at 20 hrs 8 mins (2004-05-15 10:25:32 GMT)
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French term (edited): L'aube n'est jamais si proche qu'au plus noir de la nuit

I don't know what your French passage is a quotation from, but what I've given in English is from Bob Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate" on Blood on the Tracks, released in 1975. A good equivalent if you're writing for Dylan fans!

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Note added at 20 hrs 28 mins (2004-05-15 10:45:37 GMT)
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Sorry, it isn\'t \"Simple Twist of Fate\", it\'s from \"Meet me in the Morning\", on the same album. On my CD player as I write, and sounding as good as ever : )