Grands yeux dans ce visage Qui vous a placés là? De quel vaisseau sans mât Êtes-vous l'équipage, Depuis quel abordage Attendez-vous ainsi ouverts toute la nuit? Feux noirs d'un bastingage Etonnés, mais soumis A la loi des orages Prisonnier des mirages, Quand sonnera minuit, Baissez un peu les cils Pour reprendre courage.
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Text Authorship:
- by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960), no title, written 1928, appears in Le Forçat innocent, in 2. Saisir, no. 3, 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), "Grands yeux dans ce visage", op. 88 no. 3 (1939-1940), published 1999 [ soprano, strings, harp, piano ], from Saisir, suite pour soprano, orchestre à cordes, harpe et piano, no. 3, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [sung text checked 1 time]
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