by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Dans les ténèbres du jardin
Language: French (Français)
Dans les ténèbres du jardin Viennent des filles invisibles Plus fines qu'à midi l'ondée Mon sommeil les a pour amies Elles m'enivrent en secret De leurs complaisances aveugles.
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Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, written 1938, appears in Le livre ouvert, in 1. Le livre ouvert, I, in Vue donne vie, no. 4, Éd. des Cahiers d'Art, first published 1940 [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Dans les ténèbres du jardin", FP 147 no. 4 (1950), published 1951 [ medium voice and piano ], from La Fraîcheur et le feu, no. 4, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
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