Oiseau

   Charmée... Oh! pauvre fille!
Les oiseaux mettent en désordre
   Le soleil aveuglant du toit,
Les oiseaux jouent à remplacer
Le soleil plus léger que l'huile
     Qui coule entre nous.

by Paul Éluard (1895-1952) , "Oiseau", from Les Animaux et leurs hommes, les hommes et leurs animaux, in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, no. 7, published 1920

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Henri Sauguet (1901-1989) [pseudonym] , "Oiseau", 1921, from Les animaux et leurs hommes, no. 3.

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