Ce souvenir que l'on cache dans ses bras A travers la fumée et les cris comme une jeune femme échappée à l'incendie Il faudra bien l'étendre dans le lit blanc de la mémoire aux rideaux tirés, Et la regarder avec attention que personne ne rentre dans la chambre. Il y a là maintenant un grand corps absolument nu Et une bouche qu'on croyait à jamais muette Et qui soupire: "Amour", Avec les lèvres mêmes de la vérité.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960), no title, written 1928, appears in Le Forçat innocent, in 2. Saisir, no. 2, Paris, Éd Gallimard, first published 1930 [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 Maurice Jaubert (1900 - 1940), "Ce souvenir que l'on cache", op. 88 no. 2 (1939-1940), published 1999 [ soprano, strings, harp, piano ], from Saisir, suite pour soprano, orchestre à cordes, harpe et piano, no. 2, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [sung text checked 1 time]
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