by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Rôdeuse au front de verre
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Rôdeuse au front de verre, Son coeur s'inscrit dans une étoile noire. Ses yeux montrent sa tête, Ses yeux ont la fraîcheur de l'été, La chaleur de l'hiver. Ses yeux s'ajourent, rient très fort. Ses yeux joueurs gagnent leur part de clarté. Rôdeuse au front de verre.
Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Rôdeuse au front de verre", appears in La vie immédiate, first published 1932 [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Rôdeuse au front de verre", FP 77 no. 4 (1935), published 1935 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 4, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "She prowls with a brow of glass", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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