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by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872)

Oiseaux! taisez‑vous!
Language: French (Français) 
Je portais dans une cage
Deux moineaux que j'avais pris,
Lorsque la jeune Chloris
Fit dans un sombre bocage
Briller à mes yeux surpris
Les fleurs de son beau visage,
Hélas! dis-je aux moineaux,
En recevant les coups de ces yeux
si savants à faire des conquêtes,
Consolez-vous, pauvres petites bêtes, 
Celui qui vous a pris est bien plus pris que vous.

Dans vos chants si doux
Chantez à ma belle,
Oiseaux, chantez tous,
Ma peine mortelle.
Mais si la cruelle
Se met en courroux
Au récit fidèle
Des maux que je ressens pour elle,
Oiseaux, taisez-vous
Si la cruelle se met en courroux
Taisez-vous, taisez-vous, oiseaux, taisez-vous.

Text Authorship:

  • by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) [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 Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893), "Oiseaux! taisez-vous!", subtitle: "Fabliau", 1858, first performed 1858 [ medium voice and piano ], from operetta Le Médecin malgré lui, no. 9b, from Act II [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-14
Line count: 22
Word count: 108

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