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by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872)

Qui vivra verra
Language: French (Français) 
Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle,
Dans ce nid de vautours?
Quelque jour, déployant ton aîle,
Tu suivras les amours!
Aux vautours, il faut la bataille;
Pour frapper d'estoc et de taille,
Leurs becs sont aiguisés!
Laisse là ces oiseaux de proie.
Tourterelle, qui fais ta joie
Des amoureux baisers!
Gardez bien la belle!
Qui vivra verra!
Votre tourterelle
Vous échappera.

Un ramer, loin du vert bocage,
Par l'amour attiré,
A l'entour de ce nid sauvage
A, je crois, soupiré!
Les vautours sont à la curée,
Leurs chansons, que fuit Cythérée,
Résonnent à grand bruit!
Cependant, en leur douce ivresse.
Nos amants content leur tendresse
Aux astres de la nuit!
Gardez bien la belle!
Qui vivra verra!
Votre tourterelle
Vous échappera.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) [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 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Qui vivra verra", 1867, first performed 1867, from opera Roméo et Juliette [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-21
Line count: 28
Word count: 119

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