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by Ambroise-Paul-Touissaint-Jules Valéry (1871 - 1945)

Intérieur
Language: French (Français) 
Une esclave aux longs yeux chargés de molles chaînes
Change l’eau de mes fleurs, plonge aux glaces prochaines,
Au lit mystérieux prodigue ses doigts purs ;
Elle met une femme au milieu de ces murs
Qui, dans ma rêverie errant avec décence,
Passe entre mes regards sans briser leur absence,
Comme passe le verre au travers du soleil,
Et de la raison pure épargne l’appareil.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ambroise-Paul-Touissaint-Jules Valéry (1871 - 1945), "Intérieur", written 1921, appears in Charmes, first published 1921 [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 Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Intérieur", op. 31 no. 2 (1923), published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Paul Valéry, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 64

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