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

On ne peut me connaître
Language: French (Français) 
On ne peut me connaître
Mieux que tu me connais

Tes yeux dans lesquels nous dormons
Tous les deux
Ont fait à mes lumières d'homme
Un sort meilleur qu'aux nuits du monde
Tes yeux dans lesquels je voyage
Ont donné aux gestes des routes
Un sens détaché de la terre

Dans tes yeux ceux qui nous révèlent
Notre solitude infinie
Ne sont plus ce qu' ils croyaient être

On ne peut te connaître
Mieux que je te connais.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "On ne peut me connaître", appears in Les yeux fertiles, first published 1936 [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "On ne peut me connaître", 1946, published 1948 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six poèmes de Paul Eluard, no. 5, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges Delerue (1925 - 1992), "On ne peut me connaître", 1978, published 1990 [ voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies sur des poèmes de Paul Eluard, no. 1, Éd. Gedel Music [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alphonse Stallaert (1920 - 1995), "On ne peut", 1976, published 1979 [ high voice and piano ], from Génocide et amour, no. 6, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Berthold Goldschmidt (1903 - 1996), "Par une nuit nouvelle", 1994, published 1994 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Les Petits Adieux, no. 3, London, Boosey & Hawkes
      • View the full text. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 78

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