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

Elle se refuse toujours à comprendre, à...
Language: French (Français) 
Elle se refuse toujours à comprendre, à entendre,
Elle rit pour cacher sa terreur d’elle-même.
Elle a toujours marché sous les arches des nuits
Et partout où elle a passé
Elle a laissé
L’empreinte des choses brisées.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, written 1926, appears in Capitale de la douleur, in Les petits justes, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1926 [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 Ivan Devriès (1909 - 1997), "Elle se refuse toujours", published 1944 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 3, Éditions Amphion [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 37

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