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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.

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 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 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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 30

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