Mémoire des poissons dans les criques profondes, Que puis-je faire ici de vos lents souvenirs, Je ne sais rien de vous qu’un peu d’écume et d’ombre Et qu’un jour, comme moi, il vous faudra mourir. Alors que venez-vous interroger mes rêves Comme si je pouvais vous être de secours? Allez en mer, laissez-moi sur ma terre sèche, Nous ne sommes pas faits pour mélanger nos jours.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960), "Les Poissons", appears in Les Amis inconnus, in Les Animaux invisibles, no. 3 [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 Cliquet-Pleyel (1894 - 1963), "Les Poissons", 1944 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Les animaux invisibles, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ennemond Trillat (1890 - 1980), "Les Poissons", 1949 [ medium voice and piano ], Éditions 'Le Luth', chez Béal [sung text not yet checked]
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