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

Dans les parages de son lit rampe la...
Language: French (Français) 
Dans les parages de son lit rampe la terre
Et les bêtes de la terre et les hommes de la terre
Dans les parages de son lit
Il n’y a que champs de blé
Vignes et champs de pensées

La route est tracée sans outils
Les mains les yeux mènent au lit
À l’ardent secret révélé
Aux ombres taillées en songe

Délié des doigts de l’air l’élan
Le vase d’or d’un baiser

La gorge lourde et lente
Par mille gerbes balancée
Arrive aux fêtes de ses fleurs

Elle donne soif et faim

Son corps est un amoureux nu
Il s’échappe de ses yeux
Et la lumière noue la nuit la chair la terre
La lumière sans fond d’un corps abandonné
Et de deux yeux qui se répètent.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Médieuses, no. 4, 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), "Dans les parages de son lit", published 1986 [ voice and piano ], from Les six Éluard “Medieuses”, no. 4, 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: 20
Word count: 127

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