Quand tu verras les hirondelles A ta fenêtre voletant Si tu n'as pas de mes nouvelles A l'approche de doux printemps Choisis la plus triste d'entre elles Ecoute son gazouillement Il te dira « je suis fidèle Mais je meurs loin de mon amant » Quand tu verras les hirondelles Se rassembler au bord du toit Pour fuit cette saison cruelle Qui fait choir la feuille des bois Pour me rejoindre à tire d'ailes Me voir une dermière fois Si tu ne partais pas comme elles Je serais morte loin de toi.
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Authorship:
- by Bernard Zimmer (1893 - 1964) [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 Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Quand tu verras les hirondelles", H. 171a no. 1 (1943), published 1946 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux romances sentimentales, no. 1, Éd. Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-17
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