La nuit le froid la solitude
On m’enferma soigneusement
Mais les branches cherchaient leur voie dans la prison
Autour de moi l’herbe trouva le ciel

On verrouilla le ciel
Ma prison s’écroula
Le froid vivant le froid brûlant m’eut bien en main

Text Authorship:

• by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Du dehors" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Will Eisma (b. 1929), "Du dehors - du dedans", published 1983 [ mezzo-soprano, orchestra, and electronics ]
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