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Sur la pente fatale, le voyageur profite De la faveur du jour, verglas et sans cailloux, Et les yeux bleus d'amour, découvre sa saison Qui porte à tous les doigts de grands astres en bague. Sur la plage la mer a laissé ses oreilles Et le sable creusé la place d'un beau crime. Le supplice est plus dur aux bourreaux qu'aux victimes Les couteaux sont des signes et les balles des larmes.
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Authorship
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Paul Klee", first published 1926 [author's text not yet checked 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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Paul Klee", FP. 161, from Le Travail du peintre, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Paul Klee", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Henning) , "Paul Klee", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Am verhängnisvollen Abhang profitiert der Reisende Von der Gunst des Tages, vereist und frei von Geröll. Und seine Augen blau vor Liebe, entdeckt er seine Saison Die an allen ihren Fingern große Sternenringe trägt Auf dem Strand ließ das Meer seine Ohren zurück Und der aufgewühlte Sand Ort eines schönen Verbrechens. Die Tortur ist härter für die Peiniger als für die Opfer Messer sind Zeichen und Kugeln Tränen.
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- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2019 by Julia Henning, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Paul Klee", first published 1926
This text was added to the website: 2019-12-05
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