by Antoine Ferrand (1678 - 1719)
Translation © by Christakis Poumbouris

Oiseaux, si tous les ans
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG GRE ITA SPA
Oiseaux, si tous les ans
Vous [changez de]1 climats,
Dès que le triste hiver
Dépouille nos bocages;
Ce n'est pas seulement
Pour changer de feuillages,
[Ni]2 pour éviter nos frimats;
Mais votre destinée
Ne vous permet d'aimer,
Qu'à la saison des fleurs.
Et quand elle est passée,
Vous la cherchez ailleurs,
Afin d'aimer toute l'année.

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1 or "quittez nos"
2 or "Et"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gij vogels, die elk jaar", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Christie Turnage Turner) , "You birds, so every year", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Daniel Jäger) , "Wo tauscht ihr Vögelein"
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Πουλιά, αν πάντοτε", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Uccelli, se sempre ogni anno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Pilar Lirio) , "Aves, si todos los años", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 57

Πουλιά, αν πάντοτε
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)  after the French (Français) 
Πουλιά, αν πάντοτε
Τα μέρη αλλάζετε,
Όταν η παγωνιά
Γυμνώνει εδώ τα δάση,
Δεν πάτε μοναχά
Σε μια καινούρια πλάση,
Να ’στ’ απ’ τους πάγους μακριά.
Μα είν’ η μοίρα σας
Να θέλετ’ έρωτα
Σε εποχή μ’ ανθούς.
Κι όταν αυτή περνά,
Εσείς πετάτ’ αλλού,
Για ν’ αγαπιέστε ολόχρονα.
Γι’ αγάπη ολόχρονα.

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  • Singable translation from French (Français) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2014 by Christakis Poumbouris, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 52