L'Oiseau des Îles
French source:
Robert Pinget
me dit deux ou trois mots dans son langage
avec l’accent le plus bizzare qu’il y ait eu en fait d’amour
Tropical birds
English translation ©
Anon.
a tropical bird spoke
two or three words to me
in its own language
in the most bizarre accent
that ever existed in matters of love
L'Oiseau des Îles
French source:
Robert Pinget
Tropical birds
English source:
Anon.
Comme il partait à l’aventure un oiseau des îles
As he set out at random
me dit deux ou trois mots dans son langage
a tropical bird spoke
avec l’accent le plus bizzare qu’il y ait eu en fait d’amour
two or three words to me
Composer
Germaine Tailleferre
The composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) played the piano and organ, taught and also painted. Thanks to her father’s opposition to her musical education, she changed her name early on from ‘Taillefesse’ to ‘Tailleferre’. Her mother gave her…