by Ambroise-Paul-Touissaint-Jules Valéry (1871 - 1945)
L'insinuant
Language: French (Français)
Ô courbes, méandre, Secrets du menteur, Est-il art plus tendre Que cette lenteur ? Je sais où je vais, Je t'y veux conduire, Mon dessein mauvais N'est pas de te nuire... Quoique souriante En plein fierté, Tant de liberté [Te désoriente ?]1 Ô courbes, méandre, Secrets du menteur, Je veux faire attendre Le mot le plus tendre.
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First published in Les Écrits Nouveaux, tome II, n°8, June 1918.
1 Mompou: "La désoriente !"Text Authorship:
- by Ambroise-Paul-Touissaint-Jules Valéry (1871 - 1945), "L'insinuant", appears in Charmes, first published 1918 [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 Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "L'insinuant", op. 31 no. 1 (1921), published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Paul Valéry, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frederic Mompou i Dencausse (1893 - 1987), "L'insinuant", 1973 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des Textes de Paul Valéry, no. 2, Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
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