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by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794)

Le Poisson volant
Language: French (Français) 
Certain poisson volant, mécontent de son sort,
Disait à sa vieille grand-mère:
«Je ne sais comment je dois faire
Pour me préserver de la mort.
De nos aigles marins je redoute la serre
Quand je m'élève dans les airs;
Et les requins me font la guerre
Quand je me plonge au fond des mers.»
La vieille lui répond: «Mon enfant, dans ce monde,
Lorsqu'on n'est pas aigle ou requin,
Il faut tout doucement suivre un petit chemin,
En nageant près de l'air, et volant près de l'onde.»

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1755 - 1794), "Le Poisson volant", appears in Fables [author's text checked 1 time 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 Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), as Pierre Vellones, "Le Poisson volant", op. 28 no. 5 (1929), published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Fables de Florian, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 87

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