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

Sous des poutres usées sous des plafonds...
Language: French (Français) 
Sous des poutres usées sous des plafonds stériles
Dans une vaste chambre petitement garnie
Les genoux ligotés confèrent qualité
À la ligne droite misérable

Ses cheveux pris au piège d’un miroir brisé
C’est sur la mousse de son front que l’eau roucoule
La dérive évasive d’un sourire entraîne
Sa dernière illusion vers un ciel disparu.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Médieuses, no. 3, 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 Michael 'Mikis' Theodorakis (b. 1925), "Sous des poutres usées", published 1986 [ voice and piano ], from Les six Éluard “Medieuses”, no. 3, Éd. Mario Bois [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-07-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

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