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

J'ai fermé les yeux pour ne plus rien...
Language: French (Français) 
J'ai fermé les yeux pour ne plus rien voir
J'ai fermé les yeux pour pleurer
De ne plus te voir.

Où sont tes mains er les mains des caresses
Où sont tes yeux les quatre volontés du jour
Toi tout à perdre tu n'es plus là, 
Pour éblouir la mémoire des nuits.

Tout à perdre je me vois vivre.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 240.


Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in L'Amour la poésie, in Premièrement, no. 26, Paris, Éd. Gallimard [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 Lionel Noël Ferdinand Daunais (1902 - 1982), "Tout à perdre", 1973 [ voice and piano ], from Deux poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Serge Nigg (1924 - 2008), "J'ai fermé les yeux", 1948, published 1966 [ soprano and piano ], from Quatre mélodies sur des poèmes de P. Éluard, no. 1, Éd. Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Jean Joseph) Clermont Pépin (1926 - 2006), "J'ai fermé les yeux ", 1949, published 1997 [ voice and piano ], from Cycle-Éluard, no. 6, Édition Clermont Pépin [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 59

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