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by Paul Demouth

Le nid
Language: French (Français) 
Si j'étais le bon Dieu qui donne
Aux oiseaux leurs nids et leurs chants,
Le soleil aux fruits de l'automne,
Le sourire aux petits enfants,
Pour cacher les terrestres fanges,
Sous tes pieds menus; pour tapis,
Je ferais semer par mes anges
Toutes les fleurs du Paradis;
Si j'étais le bon Dieu qui donne
Aux oiseaux leurs nids et leurs chants,
Le soleil aux fruits de l'automne,
Le sourire aux petits enfants,
Mais je ne suis qu'une hirondelle
Que le vent jette sur tes pas:
La tempête a brisé mon aile,
Voici l'hiver et ses frimas !
Mignonne à l'oiseau de passage
Ne refuse pas le bonheur;
Entr'ouvre pour lui ton corsage.
Il fera son nid dans ton cœur !
Mignonne !
Mignonne !

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Demouth  [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Le nid", 1898, published 1898. [voice and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-31
Line count: 22
Word count: 120

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