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

Chat
Language: French (Français) 
      Pour ne poser qu'un doigt dessus
      Le chat est bien trop grosse bête.
            Sa queue rejoint sa tête,
            Il tourne dans ce cercle
         Et se répond à la caresse.

    Mais, la nuit, l'homme voit ses yeux
         Dont la pâleur est le seul don.
    Ils sont trop gros pour qu'il les cache
 Et trop lourds pour le vent perdu du rêve.

                 Quand le chat danse
              C'est pour isoler sa prison
                   Et quand il pense
     C'est jusqu'aux murs de ses yeux.

Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Chat", appears in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, les hommes et leurs animaux, in Les Animaux et leurs hommes, no. 9, first published 1920 [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 Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Chat", 1921, published 1926 [ tenor and piano ], from Les animaux et leurs hommes, no. 5, Éd. Jobert [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 80

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