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

Mes sœurs prennent dans leurs toiles
Language: French (Français) 
Mes sœurs prennent dans leurs toiles
Les cris et les plaintes des chiens
Moi je préfère me nourrir
De l’espoir d’une ardeur sans fin
Oranger noir armure blonde
Grisante abeille rire en course
Rire invisiblement masqué
Écorce d’aube aile étourdie
Nichée de feuilles débauchées
Jeune poison liane montagne
Sueur de nage fumée froide
Pas de géant danse battante
Front éternel paume parfaite
Puits en plein air essieu de vent
Monument vague flamant fou
Jeu sans perdant santé sans trous
Torche brûlant dans l’eau tour mixte
Martyr radieux aux angles vifs
Œil clair à travers honte et brume
Première neige réjouissante
Mérite de la solitude
Exil aux sources de la force.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Médieuses, no. 5, 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), "Mes sœurs prennent dans leurs toiles", published 1986 [ voice and piano ], from Les six Éluard “Medieuses”, no. 5, 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: 22
Word count: 110

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