by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Fins
Language: French (Français)
Les hommes seuls, les maisons vides.
Il n’y a pas d’abandon.
Simple, trop simple et vieux, trop vieux
Pour être heureux.
Depuis sa fondation,
Rien ne reste dans la maison.
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 74.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Fins" [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 Guy Sacre (b. 1948), "Fins", 1985, from 4 Exemples Tirés des "Nécessités de la Vie", no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
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