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Un oiseau s'envole, Il rejette les nues comme un voile inutile, il n'a jamais craint la lumière, Enfermé dans son vol, Il n'a jamais eu d'ombre. Coquilles des moissons brisées par le soleil. Toutes les feuilles dans les bois disent oui, Elles ne savent dire que oui, Toute question, toute réponse Et la rosée coule au fond de ce oui. Un homme aux yeux légers décrit le ciel d'amour. Il en rassemble les merveilles Comme des feuilles dans un bois, Comme des oiseaux dans leurs ailes Et des hommes dans le sommeil.
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Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Pages 191-192.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Georges Braque", written 1926, appears in Capitale de la douleur, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1926 [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 Serge Nigg (1924 - 2008), "Un oiseau s'envole", published 1989, first performed 1987 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from cantata Du clair au sombre. Cantate sur des poèmes de P. Éluard, no. 2, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Georges Braque", FP 161 no. 3 (1956), published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Travail du peintre, no. 3, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Georges Braque", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Henning) , "Georges Braque", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (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: 15
Word count: 92
Nuskrenda paukštis, Numeta debesis - šydą beprasmį, Jis niekada nebijojo šviesos, Savo skrydy sustingęs, Jis - neturėjęs šešėlio. Saulė išblaško derliaus lukštus. Miško medžių lapeliai tars „taip“, Nieko kito nemoka, tik „taip“, Tai ir klausimas, ir atsakymas Ir nugrimzta rasa gilumoj šito „taip“. Meilės dangų nutapė žmogus skaisčiomis akimis. Jis apjungė visus stebuklus Tarsi medžių lapus, Lyg sparnuotus paukščius, Tarsi žmones sapnuos.
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Translations of title(s):
"Georges Braque" = "Žoržas Brakas"
"Un oiseau s'envole" = "Nuskrenda paukštis"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) copyright © 2022 by Giedrius Prunskus, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Georges Braque", written 1926, appears in Capitale de la douleur, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1926
This text was added to the website: 2022-12-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 60