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by Ambroise-Paul-Touissaint-Jules Valéry (1871 - 1945)

Les grenades
Language: French (Français) 
Dures grenades entr'ouvertes
Cédant à l'excès de vos grains,
Je crois voir des fronts souverains
Éclatés de leurs découvertes !

Si les soleils par vous subis,
Ô grenades entre-bâillées
Vous ont fait d'orgueil travaillées
Craquer les cloisons de rubis,

Et que si l'or sec de l'écorce
À la demande d'une force
Crève en gemmes rouges de jus,

Cette lumineuse rupture
Fait rêver une âme que j'eus
De sa secrète architecture.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ambroise-Paul-Touissaint-Jules Valéry (1871 - 1945), "Les grenades", appears in Charmes, first published 1922 [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 Suzanne Baron Supervielle (1910 - 2004), "Les grenades", 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-07-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 69

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