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by Paul Stuart (1861 - 1914)

Retour d'oiseaux
Language: French (Français) 
La forêt semble tout en fête
Car voici l’hiver qui finit;
Nous allons retrouver un nid
A chaque branche, à chaque faîte.

Les oiseaux ont-ils un prophète
Qui les protège et les bénit ?
Ils ont des grains à l’infini
Et leur provision est faite.

Ils dévalisent nos moissons
Qu’ils nous paieront par des chansons
Que répètera la ramure

Et l’onde claire des ruisseaux
Nous redira dans son murmure
Les chansons des petits oiseaux.

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Stuart (1861 - 1914) [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Retour d'oiseaux", subtitle: "Sonnet", published 1911 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel', Heugel et Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: François Le Roux [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-08-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 73

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