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Âne ou vache coq ou cheval Jusqu'à la peau d'un violon Homme chanteur un seul oiseau Danseur agile avec sa femme Couple trempé dans son printemps L'or de l'herbe le plomb du ciel Séparés par les flammes bleues De la santé de la rosée Le sang s'irise le coeur tinte Un couple le premier reflet Et dans un souterrain de neige La vigne opulente dessine Un visage aux lèvres de lune Qui n'a jamais dormi la nuit.
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Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 2, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 67.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "À Marc Chagall", written 1946, appears in Le dur désir de durer, Paris, Éd. Arnold-Bordas, first published 1946 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Marc Chagall", FP 161 no. 2 (1956), published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Travail du peintre, no. 2, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Marc Chagall", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Henning) , "Marc Chagall", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Esel oder Kuh Hahn oder Pferd Sogar die Haut einer Violine Singender Mann ein einzelner Vogel Beschwingter Tänzer mit seiner Frau Ein Paar getaucht in seinen Frühling Das Gold von Gras das Blei des Himmels Getrennt durch blaue Flammen Von Gesundheit von Tau Das Blut schillert das Herz klirrt Ein Paar das erste Widerspiegeln Und in einer unterirdischen Höhle von Schnee Die üppige Weinrebe zeichnet Ein Gesicht mit mondgleichen Lippen Das nie geschlafen hat bei Nacht.
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- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2019 by Julia Henning, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "À Marc Chagall", written 1946, appears in Le dur désir de durer, Paris, Éd. Arnold-Bordas, first published 1946
This text was added to the website: 2019-12-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 76