Ô jeune fille, ton corps délicieux Est parfumé de lilas et de lys Comme un jardin de délices, Et quand tu passes, les vieillards clignent des yeux En devinant sous la robe de couleur, Le trésor de ta croupe rose et large, En se disant que l'amour est dans ton cœur, Comme un oiseau en cage.
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Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "L'oiseau en cage", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "L'oiseau en cage", op. 84 no. 6 (1922-1923) [ mezzo-soprano or soprano and piano ], from Huit Mélodies sur des poésies de T. Klingsor (Shéhérazade) (2d recueil), no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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