by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Splendide, la poitrine cambrée...
Language: French (Français)
Splendide, la poitrine cambrée légèrement.
Sainte ma femme, tu es à moi bien mieux qu'au temps
Où avec lui, et lui, et lui, et lui, et lui,
Je tenais un fusil, un bidon — notre vie !
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 31.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Poèmes pour la paix, no. 2, 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Splendide!", 2007 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes pour la paix, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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