Meaning of aubade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
2. A morning love song, or a song of lovers parting in the morning.
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3. A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.

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Examples

“And there he lingered till the crowing cock, / The Alectryon of the farmyard and the flock, / Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear, / To tell the sleeping world that dawn was near.”

“Alladad Khan woke to the far crying of kampong cocks in the dark. That noise had been the farmyard aubade in the Punjab in his dream.”

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