L’oiseau du souvenir ne veut plus s’endormir Il chante au fond des fleurs de toutes les couleurs Il répète son nom pour réveiller ma peine Belle anglaise l’enfant ne cesse de gémir L’écho d’une voix morte en rêve une pâleur voilà donc ma richesse au point du jour d’exil Fortune du soleil pièces d’or des fontaines j’aurais donné tous ces trésors pour un sourire d’émigrante introuvable ailleurs que dans mon cœur Lorna de Maida Vale Oiseau j’ai dit Ainsi soit-il.
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Authorship:
- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "O Nightingale", written 1944, appears in Au Rendez-vous des solitaires, no. 18, Éd. Seghers, first published 1947 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jean-Michel Damase (1928 - 2013), "O Nightingale", op. 26 no. 3 (1952), published 1954 [ high voice and piano ], from No Exit - 6 poèmes de Paul Gilson, no. 3, Éd. Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
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