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by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)

Pareils à des oiseaux
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pareils à des oiseaux que leur aile meurtrie
Ne peut plus soutenir dans l'azur, leur patrie,
Et qui tombent sanglants... et brisés sur le sol !

Brusquement arrêtés dans l'essor de leur vol,
Précipités du haut de l'espérance morte,
Les plus chers de mes vœux agonisent.

Qu'importe ? J'ai souffert !
Qu'importe ? J'ai pleuré !
Mais, je n'ai pas maudit...
Ne crois pas que l'amour que je t'ai donné meure !

Qu'importe ? j'ai souffert... 
Qu'importe ? j'ai pleuré...
Mais je n'ai pas maudit !
Je m'exile à jamais du bonheur interdit.
Mais la fidélité de mon âme demeure !

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915) [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Pareils à des oiseaux", published 1877 [voice and piano], from Poème d'Octobre, no. 6, Paris: G. Hartmann [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Jean-Pierre Granger) , title 1: "Like the birds", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jean-Pierre Granger

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-22
Line count: 15
Word count: 91

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