by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Fenêtre illusoire à ma taille
Language: French (Français)
Fenêtre illusoire à ma taille Comme l’île qui manque en mer Le soir les mailles du sommeil Le jour la loi la plus cruelle Être présent étant absent.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 1095.
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. 7, 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, "Fenêtre illusoire à ma taille", 1943 [ high voice and piano ], from Force et faiblesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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