Eau-de-vie, au-delà À l'heure du plaisir Choisir n'est pas trahir Je choisis celui-là. Je choisis celui-là Qui sait me faire rire D'un mot par-ci par-là, Comme on fait pour écrire Comme on fait pour écrire Il va de-ci de-là Sans que j'ose lui dire J'aime bien ce jeu-là J'aime bien ce jeu-là Qu'un souffle fait finir. À l'heure du plaisir Je choisis ce jeu-là.
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- by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Choisir n'est pas trahir", written 1937, appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 24, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939 [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Au-delà", FP 91 no. 2 (1937), published 1938 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, no. 2, Éditions Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Beyond", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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