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by Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897)

L’oiseau bleu
Language: French (Français) 
J’ai dans mon cœur un oiseau bleu,
Une charmante créature,
Si mignonne que sa ceinture
N’a pas l’épaisseur d’un cheveu.

Il lui faut du sang pour pâture.
Bien longtemps, je me fis un jeu
De lui donner sa nourriture :
Les petits oiseaux mangent peu.

Mais, sans en rien laisser paraître,
Dans mon cœur il a fait, le traître,
Un trou large comme la main.

Et son bec fin comme une lame,
En continuant son chemin,
M’est entré jusqu’au fond de l’âme !…

Confirmed with Anthologie des poètes français du XIXème siècle, Volume II, 1887-1888, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre. First published by Tardieu.


Text Authorship:

  • by Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897), "L’oiseau bleu", written 1857, appears in Les amoureuses, poèmes et fantaisies, no. 17 [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 René Defossez (1905 - 1988), "L’oiseau bleu", 1929 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-12-30
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