La source coulant douce et nue
La nuit partout épanouie
La nuit où nous nous unissons
Dans une lutte faible et folle
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Et la nuit qui nous fait injure
La nuit où se creuse le lit
Vide de la solitude
L'avenir d'une agonie.
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Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Jean du Haut, no title, appears in Les sept poèmes d'amour en guerre, no. 3, first published 1943 [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 Louise-Marie Simon (1903 - 1990), as Claude Arrieu, "La source coulant douce et nue", 1944, first performed 1945 [ soprano, baritone, and orchestra ], from Les sept poèmes d'amour en guerre, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "La source coulant douce et nue ", 1948 [ chorus a cappella ], from Les sept poèmes d'amour en guerre, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marjo Tal (b. 1915), "La source coulant douce et nue", 1982, rev. 1988, from Les sept poèmes d'amour en guerre, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-18
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