Sous la chevelure avance un long corps d’étoile, nu comme le lac et fendu comme un arbre. Sous la foudre froide, un lait d’or fgé, où boit un serpent rouge et prisonnier. Double faux des cuisses dans l’herbe nocturne, éclat des aciers, noués d’une fleur. Ô marche odorante d’une claire armure, l’ouragan s’arrête au porche des jambes. Quel est ce rosier qui a deux racines, et si peu de feuilles sur l’éclat des roses. Si la nuit expire la couleur de l’aube Aura son miroir, ô corps solitaire, que baise la nuit d’un baiser sans lèvres, que de lits te rêvent !
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Text Authorship:
- by Alain Borne (1915 - 1962) [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 Lionel Ginoux , "Sous la chevelure", 2010 [ soprano and piano ], from Un brasier d’étoiles, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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