by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Oiseau
Language: French (Français)
Charmée... Oh ! pauvre fille !
Les oiseaux mettent en désordre
Le soleil aveuglant du toit,
Les oiseaux jouent à remplacer
Le soleil plus léger que l'huile
Qui coule entre nous.
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 42.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Oiseau", appears in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, les hommes et leurs animaux, in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, no. 7, first published 1920 [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 Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Oiseau", 1921, published 1926 [ tenor and piano ], from Les animaux et leurs hommes, no. 3, Éd. Jobert [sung text checked 1 time]
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