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

Mais mourir
 (Sung text for setting by F. Poulenc)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Mains agitées, aux grimaces nouées
Une grimace en fait une autre
L'autre est nocturne le temps passe
Ouvrir des boîtes, casser des verres, creuser des trous
Et vérifier les formes inutiles du vide
Mains lasses retournant leurs gants
Paupières des couleurs parfaites 
Coucher n'importe où
Et garder en lieu sûr
Le poison qui se compose alors
Dans le calme mais mourir.

Composition:

    Set to music by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Mais mourir", FP 137 (1947), published 1948 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Peu de vertu", written 1932, appears in La vie immédiate, Éd. des Cahiers Libres, first published 1932

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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