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by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard

Poisson
Language: French (Français) 
          Les poissons, les nageurs, les bateaux
                             Transforment l'eau.
                     L'eau est douce et ne bouge
                      Que pour ce qui la touche.

                              Le poisson avance
                 Comme un doigt dans un gant,
                     Le nageur danse lentement
                               Et la voile respire.

                         Mais l'eau douce bouge
                           Pour ce qui la touche,
Pour le poisson, pour le nageur, pour le bateau
                                    Qu'elle porte
                              Et qu'elle emporte.

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Pages 41-42.


Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Poisson", appears in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, les hommes et leurs animaux, in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, no. 6, first published 1920 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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