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

Tu dressais une haute épee
Language: French (Français) 
Tu dressais une haute épee
Comme un drapeau au vent contraire
Tu dressais ton regard contre l'ombre et le vent
Des ténèbres confondantes

Tu n'as pas voulu partager
Il n'y a rien à attendre de rien
La pierre ne tombera pas sur toi
Ni l'éloge complaisant 

Dur contempteur avance en renonçant
Le plaisir naît au sein de ton refus
L'art pourrait être une grimace 
Tu le réduis à n'être qu'une porte

Ouverte par laquelle entre la vie

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 2, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Pages 50-51.


Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Poésie ininterrompue, in Le travail du peintre, no. 2 [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), "Pablo Picasso", 2014 [ high voice and piano ], from Le Musée en musique, sur des poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-12-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 77

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