C’est toi que j’appelais du fond de mon enfance Je te vois revenir et ton regard sans fin dépasse notre vie en découvrant demain celui que je serai pour abolir l’absence On peut toujours être heureux quand l’avenir a les yeux bleus
No Exit - 6 poèmes de Paul Gilson
by Jean-Michel Damase (1928 - 2013)
1. Absent‑minded
Language: French (Français)
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- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "Absent-minded", written 1944, appears in Au Rendez-vous des solitaires, no. 24, Éd. Seghers, first published 1947
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Researcher for this page: François Le Roux [Guest Editor]2. Post‑card
Language: French (Français)
En vacances du cœur Êtes-vous morte ou vive et vous verrai-je ailleurs Rien ne me retient plus dans le désert des pierres je réponds pour mémoire à l’appel de mon nom Mon amour rendez-moi ma campagne première où l’oiseau du dimanche avait toujours raison
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- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "Post-card", written 1944, appears in Au Rendez-vous des solitaires, no. 13, Éd. Seghers, first published 1947
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Researcher for this page: François Le Roux [Guest Editor]3. O Nightingale
Language: French (Français)
L’oiseau du souvenir ne veut plus s’endormir Il chante au fond des fleurs de toutes les couleurs Il répète son nom pour réveiller ma peine Belle anglaise l’enfant ne cesse de gémir L’écho d’une voix morte en rêve une pâleur voilà donc ma richesse au point du jour d’exil Fortune du soleil pièces d’or des fontaines j’aurais donné tous ces trésors pour un sourire d’émigrante introuvable ailleurs que dans mon cœur Lorna de Maida Vale Oiseau j’ai dit Ainsi soit-il.
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- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "O Nightingale", written 1944, appears in Au Rendez-vous des solitaires, no. 18, Éd. Seghers, first published 1947
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Researcher for this page: François Le Roux [Guest Editor]4. Remembrance
Language: French (Français)
Projecteurs balayez un monde de décombres Les enfants de minuit retrouveront demain et Renaud qui portait ses tripes en sa main et le mari soldat mort vivant des complaintes La foule tourne en rond dans le Jardin des Plaintes mais te reconnaîtrai-je au milieu des rumeurs de l’angoisse amoureuse et à quel cri du cœur Il y a si longtemps que j’ai perdu mon ombre
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- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "Remembrance", written 1944, appears in Au Rendez-vous des solitaires, no. 12, Éd. Seghers, first published 1947
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Researcher for this page: François Le Roux [Guest Editor]5. San Francisco Night
Language: French (Français)
Je crois qu’il n’a jamais fait plus noir que ce soir où la sirène pleure au bord du monde en ruines Mais la merveille vaut le prix du désespoir Aussi profil perdu d’amour je te dessine en aveugle et j’attends nocturne de l’enfance que l’enchanteur ranime un oiseau mort de froid Sans avoir révélé le secret de la chance Amour amour toujours dans mon rêve à l’étroit
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- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "San Francisco Night", written 1944, appears in Au Rendez-vous des solitaires, no. 17, Éd. Seghers, first published 1947
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Researcher for this page: François Le Roux [Guest Editor]6. Faire‑part
Language: French (Français)
Je parle pour les fleurs qui me liront demain
comme l’homme aujourd’hui traduit rosa la rose
A vous œillets géants ou lauriers nains
je livre le secret de ces métamorphoses
Un feu d’enfer sur terre épargnera vos graines
et nos cendres seront l’engrais du souvenir
que vous retrouverez dans un défaut de plaine
entre le nouveau monde et le dernier soupir
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- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "Faire-part", written 1950?, Éd. Seghers, first published 1950
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From Ballades pour fantômes, in "Poésie 50", no. 61, P. Seghers, Paris, 1950, the last poem (14th).
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