by
Antoine Ferrand (1678 - 1719)
Oiseaux, si tous les ans
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): DUT ENG GRE ITA SPA
Oiseaux, si tous les ans
Vous [changez de]1 climats,
Dès que le triste hiver
Dépouille nos bocages;
Ce n'est pas seulement
Pour changer de feuillages,
[Ni]2 pour éviter nos frimats;
Mais votre destinée
Ne vous permet d'aimer,
Qu'à la saison des fleurs.
Et quand elle est passée,
Vous la cherchez ailleurs,
Afin d'aimer toute l'année.
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1 or "quittez nos"
2 or "Et"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gij vogels, die elk jaar", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Christie Turnage Turner) , "You birds, so every year", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Daniel Jäger) , "Wo tauscht ihr Vögelein"
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Πουλιά, αν πάντοτε", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Uccelli, se sempre ogni anno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Pilar Lirio) , "Aves, si todos los años", copyright ©, (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: 13
Word count: 55
Poyliá, an pántote
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)  after the French (Français)
Poyliá, an pántote
Ta mérī allázete,
Ótan ī pagōniá
Gymnṓnei edṓ ta dásī,
Den páte monachá
Se mia kainoýria plásī,
Na ’st’ ap’ toys págoys makriá.
Ma eín’ ī moíra sas
Na thélet’ érōta
Se epochī́ m’ anthoýs.
Ki ótan aytī́ perná,
Eseís petát’ alloý,
Gia n’ agapiéste olóchrona.
Gi’ agápī olóchrona.