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by Henri Berguer

Ironie d'avril
Language: French (Français) 
Le rossignol chante. C'est triste
d'entendre les oiseux chanter
quand on voit fuir à l'improviste
le bonheur qu'on allait goûter. 

Les fleures s'entrouvrent. Cela poigne
de voir toutes les fleures s'ouvrir
quand la seule fleure qu'on soigne
ne reussit pas à fleurir. 

Le ciel rayonne.  Cela navre,
ce grand ciel bleu comme l'espoir
quand le coeur va sans port ni hâvre,
vaisseau perdu sous le ciel noir. 
Le printemps sourit. Cela brise
de voir partout la floraison
quand l'âme, par l'adieu surprise,
se meurt de froid dans sa prison. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Berguer  [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 Leone Sinigaglia (1868 - 1944), "Ironie d'avril", op. 1 no. 3 (1894). [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 89

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