aubade

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It is an aubade, a nocturne of the morn -- if the contradictory phrase be allowed.

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  1. noun A song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, or evoking daybreak.
  2. noun A poem or song of or about lovers separating at dawn.

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  1. French, from Old French albade, from Old Provençal albada, from alba, dawn, aubade, from Latin, feminine of albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. French, from aube, dawn (from Latin alba, feminine of albus, white; cf. aube = alb), after Spanish albada, aubade, from alba, dawn: see alb.
 

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