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by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard

Au fond d'un peu de soleil
Language: French (Français) 
Au fond d'un peu de soleil 
Aujourd'hui gît la prairie 
La forêt la plus ancienne 
La mousse la goutte d'eau
Au fond d'un peu de cristal
Le mouvement d'un peu d'eau
Vierge verte bien vêtue

Avec une lenteur d'orgue
Une main de musc et d'ombre
Rôde autour d'un fruit fondu 

Une lenteur égoïste
Tourne forte d'un passé
Que la foudre ressuscite
Blanche d'être tant aimée
Dépouillée et enrichie
Élargie et refermée
Forte d'un songe équivoque
Aussi sombre que la terre.

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Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 2, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Pages 185-186.


Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Á Fautrier" [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 Nicolas Chevereau (b. 1989), "Jean Fautrier", 2014 [ high voice and piano ], from Le Musée en musique, sur des poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-05-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 80

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