Montagnes au-dessous du niveau de la mer. Un cheval mange sur le toit. Pente raide; la vache à l’aise comme une mouche, caressons-la. Tiens! elle est à deux kilomètres. Derrière le sommet, (la terre est ronde) Elle se cache. Et toi, si loin, Si près de moi.
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Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Trompe-l'œil", written 1920, appears in Poésies 1917-1920, Paris, Éd. La Sirène, first published 1920 [author's text not yet checked 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 Maxime Jacob (1906 - 1977), "Trompe-l'œil", 1925, published 1926 [ high voice and piano ], from Six Poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 6, Éd. Jean Jobert [sung text checked 1 time]
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