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by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944)

Que penser de mon salut
Language: French (Français) 
Il est comme la tige au milieu des herbes 
il est comme l'herbe au milieu des tiges. 
Grand comme un sire chez les vasseaux 
ou comme un roi chez les barons 
petit si tu le changes un peu 
comme un vieillard chez des soldats. 
Grand comme un Saint chez les tziganes 
petit comme un tzigane chez les saints 
petit comme un boeuf chez les tigres 
grand comme un tigre chez les boeufs 
juste assez grand pour l'enfer 
riche de ce qui attire le diable 
et dépourvu de tout le reste.

Text Authorship:

  • by Max Jacob (1876 - 1944), appears in Visions infernales, first published 1924 [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), "Que penser de mon salut", 1948, published 1950 [low voice and piano], from Visions infernales, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [ sung text verified 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: 90

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