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

Les uns sombres les autres nus
Language: French (Français) 
Les uns sombres les autres nus
Chantant leur bien mâchant leur mal
Mâchant le poids de leur corps
Ou chantant comme on s'envole
‎
Par mille rêves humains
Par mille voies de nature
Ils sortent de leur pays
Et leur pays entre en eux
De l'air passe dans leur sang
‎
Leur pays peut devenir
Le vrai pays des merveilles
Le pays de l'innocence.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Les Armes de la douleur, no. 6, first published 1944 [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 Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Les uns sombres les autres nus", published 1946 [ contralto and piano ], from Les Armes de la douleur, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-01-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 64

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