这首船歌选自奥芬巴赫（Jacques Offenbach, 1819-1880）的杰出歌剧《霍夫曼的故事》(The Tales of Hoffmann) 第二幕。
原唱为法语，我们用英语试唱。歌词如下：
Barcarole – Lovely Night
女低
Lovely night, oh night of love
Smile down on our caresses
Night more lovely than the dawn
Oh lovely night of love
女高 and 女低
Time flows on and bears away the passions that possess us
Far from these enchanted shores, returning never more
女高 / 女低
Enjoy while you may / Enjoy while you may
Your beloved’s caresses / While you may
Oh zephyrs of love warm us with your sighs / Enjoy your love’s caresses while you may
Sighs of love / Ere the dawn
Sighs of love / Speeds these moments away
Ah / Ah
女高 and 女低
Lovely night, oh night of love
Smile down upon our yearning
Starry heavens high above
oyous night of love
女高 / 女低
Ah / Starry heavens above
Smile upon our yearning / Smile upon our yearning
Smile on us, oh night of love / Oh lovely night of love
Ah / Ah