by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Je n’avais d’yeux et de courage
Language: French (Français)
Je n’avais d’yeux et de courage Que pour le malheur et je m’acharnais A souffrir bel et bon enfer.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 1094.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, written 1942, appears in Le livre ouvert, in 2. Le livre ouvert, II, in Force et faiblesse, no. 1, Éd. des Cahiers d'Art, first published 1942 [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 Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Je n'avais d'yeux et de courage", 1943 [ high voice and piano ], from Force et faiblesse, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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