Écoute Dieu ronronne dans son beau ciel vide Rouet d'Omphale Les Nations Une remise triomphale de décorations Place des Invalides Dôme d'or Le bilan se dépêche, carde un nuage Les cocardes triclores Nasse la tour Eiffel pendue Elle attrape en silence Toutes les dépêches du monde
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963), "Place des Invalides", written 1917? [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Place des Invalides", 1918, published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau, no. 5, Paris, E. Demets [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Place des Invalides", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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