by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901)
Grands oiseaux blancs
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Grands oiseaux blancs, qui bravez les tempêtes, Goëlands ! Grands oiseaux blancs, protégez nos enfants, Nos enfants! Demain aux feux de l'aube ils vont partir! Grands oiseaux blancs, protégez nos enfants, Demain leurs voiles au lointain Sur les flots blanchiront. Hélas! Demain aux feux de l'aube nos enfants partiront! De ces brûlantes plages Où les conduit le sort Vous pouvez chasser les orages Goëlands! goëlands! Parlez de la sainte patrie De la pauvre mère qui prie Parlez à leur amour. Grand oiseaux blancs, qui bravez les tempêtes, protégez nos enfants!
Authorship:
- by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) [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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Grands oiseaux blancs", VWV: 1143. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Morris) , "Great white birds", written 2009
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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