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

La courbe de tes yeux fait le tour de...
Language: French (Français) 
La courbe de tes yeux fait le tour de mon cœur,
Un rond de danse et de douceur,
Auréole du temps, berceau nocturne et sûr,
Et si je ne sais plus tout ce que j'ai vécu
C'est que tes yeux ne m'ont pas toujours vu.
Feuilles de jour et mousse de rosée,
Roseaux du vent, sourires parfumés,
Ailes couvrant le monde de lumière,
Bateaux chargés du ciel et de la mer,
Chasseurs des bruits et sources de couleurs,
Parfums éclos d'une couvée d'aurores
Qui gît toujours sur la paille des astres,
Comme le jour dépend de l'innocence
Le monde entier dépend de tes yeux purs
Et tout mon sang coule dans leurs regards.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "La courbe de tes yeux", written 1926, appears in Capitale de la douleur, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1926 [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 Ivan Devriès (1909 - 1997), "La courbe de tes yeux", published 1944 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 2, Éditions Amphion [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Dinu Lipatti (1917 - 1950), "Capitale de la douleur", 1945, published 1981 [ tenor and piano ], from Quatre Mélodies, no. 3, Muzicala Bucarest [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "La courbe de tes yeux", published 1936 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Michael 'Mikis' Theodorakis (b. 1925), "La courbe de tes yeux", published 1986 [ voice and piano ], from Les quatre Éluard, no. 3, Éd. Mario Bois [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-05
Line count: 15
Word count: 113

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