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by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883)

Chants d'oiseaux
Language: French (Français) 
Quand nous chantons nos amours,
Les vieux chênes sont-ils sourds?...
Non sans doute,
Mais à leurs pieds par bonheur,
Dans l'ombre un beau promeneur,
nous écoute!

On le devine à ses yeux,
c'est un amant soucieux,
las d'attendre
Charmez oiseaux son ennui,
et trouvez un chant pour lui,
vif et tendre!

Battez de l'aile, on entend
deux soupirs à chaque instant
se confondre
Voilà, voilà le fruit d'un baiser,
Il va sans plus s'apaiser,
vous répondre!

Text Authorship:

  • by (Pierre Martin) Victor (Richard) de Laprade (1812 - 1883), "Chants d'oiseaux", written 1858, appears in Idylles héroïques, Paris, Éd. Michel Lévy, first published 1858 [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 Emmanuel Chabrier (1841 - 1894), "Chants d'oiseaux", 1862. [medium voice and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 76

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