aubade
Lovers' sunrise parting
An aubade is a poem or song about lovers parting at dawn.
The form traditionally features one lover urging the other to wake and leave before daylight reveals the affair.
By extension, aubade can describe any artistic work greeting or depicting the morning: The birds began their aubade at first light.
Morning light's arrival
- daybreakMorning's first light
- auroraAtmospheric light display
- sunupMorning's first light
- cockcrowDawn, announced by fowl
dawning · horizon · glow · crepuscule · glimmer · sunbeam · twilight · prelude
Operatic solo piece
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- chansonFrench vocal composition
- madrigalUnaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
lieder · ballad · cantata · composition · accompaniment · vocal · morning song · Ravel
Leave-taking expression
- departureAct of going away
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- valedictionFormal parting statement
- adieuFormal leave-taking
goodbye · separation · longing · bittersweet · reluctance · lingering · final kiss · wistfulness
sunrise
Morning light's arrival
cockcrow · dawning · horizon · glow · crepuscule · glimmer · sunbeam · twilight · prelude · awakening
aria
Operatic solo piece
madrigal · lieder · ballad · cantata · composition · accompaniment · vocal · morning song · Ravel · Britten
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- departureAct of going away
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- valedictionFormal parting statement
adieu · goodbye · separation · longing · bittersweet · reluctance · lingering · final kiss · wistfulness · melancholy
serenade
Outdoor romantic performance
paramour · tryst · intimacy · embrace · caress · ardor · devotion · passion · amour · sweetheart
lyric
Song's text
meter · sonnet · ode · couplet · quatrain · imagery · diction · cadence · refrain · alliteration