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by Georges Richard van Ormelingen (1865 - 1906), as Georges Vanor

Madrigal
Language: French (Français) 
Tes doux baisers sont des oiseaux
Qui voltigent fous, sur mes lèvres,
Ils y versent l'oubli des fièvres.
Tes doux baisers sont des oiseaux,
Aussi légers que des roseaux,
Foulés par les pieds blancs des chèvres.
Tes doux baisers sont des oiseaux
Qui voltigent fous, sur mes lèvres.

Comme de frivoles oiseaux
Aux ailes d'argent, aux becs mièvres,
Ainsi que sur des arbrisseaux
Ils viennent chanter sur mes lèvres,
Comme sculptés par des orfèvres
Avec de magiques ciseaux.
Tes baisers disent, doux oiseaux,
Leur chanson d'amour sur mes lèvres.

Text Authorship:

  • by Georges Richard van Ormelingen (1865 - 1906), as Georges Vanor, "Madrigal", written 1888, appears in Les Paradis, Paris, Librairie de La Revue Indépendante, first published 1888 [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 Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "Madrigal", published 1886 [medium voice and piano], Enoch [ sung text checked 2 times]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 89

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