by
Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)
Pareils à des oiseaux
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Pareils à des oiseaux que leur aile meurtrie
Ne peut plus soutenir dans l'azur, leur patrie,
Et qui tombent sanglants... et brisés sur le sol !
Brusquement arrêtés dans l'essor de leur vol,
Précipités du haut de l'espérance morte,
Les plus chers de mes vœux agonisent.
Qu'importe ? J'ai souffert !
Qu'importe ? J'ai pleuré !
Mais, je n'ai pas maudit...
Ne crois pas que l'amour que je t'ai donné meure !
Qu'importe ? j'ai souffert...
Qu'importe ? j'ai pleuré...
Mais je n'ai pas maudit !
Je m'exile à jamais du bonheur interdit.
Mais la fidélité de mon âme demeure !
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jean-Pierre Granger) , title 1: "Like the birds", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jean-Pierre Granger
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-22
Line count: 15
Word count: 92
Like the birds
Language: English after the French (Français)
Like birds with a wounded wing
That cannot support them in the sky, their homeland,
And who fall bleeding... and broken onto the ground!
Rudely stopped in the soaring of their flight,
Pushed from the heights of dead hope,
My dearest wishes are dying.
It doesn't matter! I have suffered!
It doesn't matter! I have cried!
But I have not cursed...
Don't believe that the love I gave you is dying!
It doesn't matter! I have suffered...
It doesn't matter! I have cried...
But I have not cursed!
I go into exile forever from forbidden happiness.
But the faithfulness of my heart remains.
The translator has released this translation into the public domain.
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-22
Line count: 15
Word count: 103