Sur sa Selle un Oiseau bondit

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird
And crossed a thousand Trees
Before a Fence without a Fare
His Fantasy did please
And then he lifted up his Throat
And squandered such a Note
A Universe that overheard
Is stricken by it yet --

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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title [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 Gordon Getty (b. 1933), "Upon his saddle sprung a bird" [soprano and piano], from The White Election - A Song Cycle for soprano and piano on 32 poems of Emily Dickinson, Part 4 : My Feet Slip Nearer, no. 30. [
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by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964), "Upon his Saddle sprung a Bird ", 2004, first performed 2004 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Purple Syllables, no. 7. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-20
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Word count: 43

Sur sa Selle un Oiseau bondit

Language: French (Français) after the English

Sur sa Selle un Oiseau bondit
Et traversa un millier d'Arbres
Devant une Barrière sans Péage
Sa Fantaisie lui plut
Et alors il remonta sa Gorge
Et lança une telle Note
Qu'un Univers qui l'entendit
En est encore frappé -

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a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 40