Les cheveux gris, quand jeunesse les porte, Font doux les yeux et le teint éclatant ; Je trouve un plaisir de la même sorte À vous voir, beaux oliviers du printemps. La mer de sa fraiche et lente salive Imprégna le sol du rivage grec, Pour que votre fruit ambigu, l’olive, Contienne Vénus et Cybèle avec. Tout de votre adolescence chenue Me plaît, moi qui suis le soleil d’hiver, Et qui, comme vous, sur la rose nue, Penche un jeune front de cendres couvert.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), no title, written 1922?, appears in Vocabulaire, Paris, Éd. de la Sirène, 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 George Van Parys (1902 - 1971), "Les cheveux gris, quand jeunesse les porte", 1953, published 1954, first performed 1953 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 2, Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
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