Viens tout près et chante, O cher rossignol, Car ta voix enchante Le ciel et le sol. Le bois et la plaine Rêvent de ton chant, Car ta voix est pleine D'un amour touchant, Si touchant. Le val se recueille Comme, au bois épais, La plus humble feuille. C'est la douce paix, c'est la paix ...
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Authorship:
- by Léon Guillot de Saix (1895 - 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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Au rossignol", published 1955 [ voice and piano ], from Neuf mélodies retrouvées, no. 7, Éd. Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
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