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

Tous les droits
Language: French (Français) 
Tous les droits
Simule
L'ombre fleurie des fleurs
Suspendues au printemps,
Le jour le plus court de l'année
Et la nuit esquimau.
L'agonie des visionnaires de l'automne,
L'odeur des roses,
La savante brûlure de l'ortie.
Étends des linges transparents,
Dans la clairière de tes yeux.
Montre les ravages du feu,
Ses oeuvres d'inspiré,
Et le paradis de sa cendre,
Le phénomène abstrait,
Luttant avec les aiguilles de la pendule.
Montre les blessures de la vérité,
Montre les serments qui ne plient pas,
Montre toi.
Tu peux sortir en robe de cristal,
Ta beauté continue.
Tes yeux versent des larmes,
Des caresses, des sourires.
Tes yeux sont sans secret,
Sans limites.
Simule l'ombre fleurie des fleurs
Suspendues au printemps.

Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard [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), "Tous les droits", FP. 81 no. 4 [ chorus ], from Sept chansons, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 27
Word count: 118

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