by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Travaille
Language: French (Français)
Travaille.
Travail de mes dix doigts et travail de ma tête,
Travail de Dieu, travail de bête,
Ma vie et notre espoir de tous les jours,
La nourriture et notre amour.
Travaille.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 32.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Poèmes pour la paix, no. 6, 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), "Travaille", 2007 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poèmes pour la paix, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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