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by Henry Bataille (1872 - 1922)

Oiseau bleu, couleur du temps
Language: French (Français) 
Oiseau bleu, couleur du temps,
Me connais-tu ? fais-moi signe : — 
La nuit nous donne des airs sanglotants,
Et la lune te fait blanc comme les cygnes…

Oiseau bleu, couleur du temps,
Dis, reconnais-tu la servante
Qui tous les matins ouvrait
La fenêtre et le volet
De la vieille tour branlante ?…
Où donc est le saule où tu nichais tous les ans,
Oiseau bleu, couleur du temps ?

Oiseau bleu, couleur du temps.
Dis un adieu pour la servante
Qui n’ouvrira plus désormais
La fenêtre, ni le volet
De la vieille tour où tu chantes…
Ah ! reviendras-tu tous les ans,
Oiseau bleu, couleur du temps ?

About the headline (FAQ)

Note: First published in 1895 without a title, but in Le Beau Voyage, Paris, Éd. Charpentier, 1904, this text was titled "Berceuse"

Confirmed with Remy de Gourmont, Le IIme Livre des masques, Société du Mercure de France, 1898 p. 220-230


Text Authorship:

  • by Henry Bataille (1872 - 1922), "Berceuse", written 1893, appears in La chambre blanche, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1895 [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 Gabriel Grovlez (1879 - 1944), "Berceuse", 1903 [ medium voice and piano ], from La chambre blanche, 10 mélodies sur des poèmes d'H. Bataille, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yves Nat (1890 - 1956), "Oiseau bleu, couleur du temps", 1908, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons à Païney, 2ème recueil, no. 6, Éd. Albert Zunz Mathot [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 104

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