Dapheneo

Alfred Erik Leslie Satie

Tell me, Dapheneo, what is that tree

The fruit of which is weeping birds?

That tree, Chrysaline, is a bird-tree.

Ah! I believe that trees

Produce hazelnuts, Dapheneo.

Yes, Chrysaline, trees give hazelnuts,

But bird-trees give weeping birds.

Ah!...