Vous avanciez vers lui, femmes des grands plaines Noeud sombre du désir, distances au soleil, Et vos lèvres soudain furent prises de givre Quand son visage lent s'est approché de vous. Vous parliez vous parliez, des mots blafards Et nus s'en venaient jusqu'à lui, mille mots de statue. Vous fîtes de cet homme une maison de pierre, Une lisse façade aveugle nuit et jout. Ne peut-il dans ses murs creuser une fenêtre Une porte laissant fière six pas dehors ?
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Text Authorship:
- by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960), no title, written 1928, appears in Le Forçat innocent, in 2. Saisir, no. 4, 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), "Vous avanciez vers lui", op. 88 no. 4 (1939-1940), published 1999 [ soprano, strings, harp, piano ], from Saisir, suite pour soprano, orchestre à cordes, harpe et piano, no. 4, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [sung text checked 1 time]
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