Aves, si todos los años | Aves, si todos los años

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by Antoine Ferrand (1678 - 1719)

Translation © by Pilar Lirio

Oiseaux, si tous les ans

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: DUT ENG GRE ITA SPA

Oiseaux, si tous les ans
Vous [changez de]¹ climats,
Dès que le triste hiver
Dépouille nos bocages;
Ce n'est pas seulement
Pour changer de feuillages,
[Ni]² pour éviter nos frimats;
Mais votre destinée
Ne vous permet d'aimer,
Qu'à la saison des fleurs.
Et quand elle est passée,
Vous la cherchez ailleurs,
Afin d'aimer toute l'année.

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¹ or "quittez nos"
² or "Et"

Text Authorship:

by Antoine Ferrand (1678 - 1719) [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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Oiseaux, si tous les ans", K. 307 (1778) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gij vogels, die elk jaar", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Christie Turnage Turner) , "You birds, so every year", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Daniel Jäger) , "Wo tauscht ihr Vögelein"
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Πουλιά, αν πάντοτε", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Uccelli, se sempre ogni anno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Pilar Lirio) , "Aves, si todos los años", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 57

Aves, si todos los años

Language: Spanish (Español) after the French (Français)

 Aves, si todos los años
 cambiáis de clima,
 desde que el triste invierno
 despoja nuestros boscajes;
 no es solamente
 por cambiar de follajes,
 ni por evitar nuestras escarchas;
 es que vuestro destino
 no os permite amar,
 más que en la estación de las flores.
 Y cuando pasa,
 la buscáis en otro lugar,
 para amar todo el año.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 58