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Le Travail du Peintre
Poetry by: Paul Eluard
Music by: Francis Poulenc
Pablo Picasso
Surround this lemon with formless white of egg
Coat this egg white with a malleable delicate blue
Although the straight black line surely comes from you
The dawn lies behind your picture
And innumerable walls
crumble behind your picture
And your eyes fixed
Like a blind man, like a madman
You put a sword in the empty space
A hand, why not a second hand and why not a denued mouth like a quill
Why not a smile, and why not tears on the very edge of the canvas
where little nails are fixed
This is the day of others
leave their food fortune to the shadows
and with a single movement of the eyelids
renounce
Marc Chagall
Ass or cow
Cock or horse
Even the skin
Of a violin
A singing man
a single bird
Agile dancer with his wife
couple steeped in their springtime
The gold of the grass, the lead of the sky
divided by the blue flames of health and of dew
The blood grows iridescent, the heart rings
A couple the first reflection, And in an underground cavern of snow
The opulent vine delineates
a face with moon-like lips
which has never slept at night
Georges Braque
A bird flies away
It throws off the clouds like a useless veil
It has never feared the light
Enclosed in its flight
It has never had a shadow
Husks of harvest grain
split by the sun
All the leaves of the wood say yes
They can say nothing but yes
every question, every answer
And the dew flows
in the depth of this yes
A man with care free eyes
describes the heaven of love
He gathers its wonders
like leaves in a wood
like birds in their wings
and men in sleep
Juan Gris
By day give thanks,
by night beware
Sweetness one half of the world
the other showed blind harshness
In the veins a merciless present
was read
In the beauties of the contours
limited space
Cemented all the joinings of familiar
objects
Table, guitar and empty glass
On an acre of solid earth
Of white canvas, of nocturnal air
Table had to support itself
lamp to remain a pop of the shadow
Newspaper abandoning half of itself
Twice the day
Twice the night
of two objects a double object
A single whole for ever and ever
Paul Klee
On the fatal slope
the traveller benefits from
the favour of the day
Glazed with frost and without pebbles,
And his eyes blue with his love, discovers his season
Which bears on every finger great stars as rings
On the shore the sea has left its ears
And the hollowed sand site of a noble crime
The agony is worse for the executioners
than for the victims
Knives are omens and bullets are tears
Joan Miro
Sun of prey, prisoner of my head, remove the hill, remove the forest
The sky more beautiful than ever
The dragonflies of the grapes
give precise form to it
That I dispel with a gesture
Clouds of primeval day
Insensitive clouds sanctioned by nothing
Their seeds burn
in the straw fires of my glances
At the end, to cloak itself with dawn
The sky must needs be as pure as the night
Jacques Villon
Irremediable life
Life ever to be cherished,
Despite scouragels and base morals
Despite false stars and
encroaching ashes
Despite grinding fevers,
crime belly-high
Dried up breasts,
foolish faces
Despite the mortal guns
Despite the dead gods
Despite the lies
dawn, horizon, water, bird,
man, love
Man light-headed and good
soothing the earth
clearing the woods
illuminating the stone
And the nocturnal rose
and the blood of the crowd.

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Le travail du peintre

  • 1. Le Travail du Peintre Poetry by: Paul Eluard Music by: Francis Poulenc
  • 3. Surround this lemon with formless white of egg Coat this egg white with a malleable delicate blue Although the straight black line surely comes from you
  • 4. The dawn lies behind your picture And innumerable walls crumble behind your picture And your eyes fixed Like a blind man, like a madman You put a sword in the empty space
  • 5. A hand, why not a second hand and why not a denued mouth like a quill Why not a smile, and why not tears on the very edge of the canvas where little nails are fixed
  • 6. This is the day of others leave their food fortune to the shadows and with a single movement of the eyelids renounce
  • 8. Ass or cow Cock or horse
  • 9. Even the skin Of a violin A singing man a single bird
  • 10. Agile dancer with his wife couple steeped in their springtime
  • 11. The gold of the grass, the lead of the sky divided by the blue flames of health and of dew The blood grows iridescent, the heart rings A couple the first reflection, And in an underground cavern of snow
  • 12. The opulent vine delineates a face with moon-like lips which has never slept at night
  • 14. A bird flies away It throws off the clouds like a useless veil It has never feared the light Enclosed in its flight It has never had a shadow
  • 15. Husks of harvest grain split by the sun All the leaves of the wood say yes They can say nothing but yes every question, every answer And the dew flows in the depth of this yes
  • 16. A man with care free eyes describes the heaven of love He gathers its wonders like leaves in a wood like birds in their wings and men in sleep
  • 18. By day give thanks, by night beware Sweetness one half of the world the other showed blind harshness
  • 19. In the veins a merciless present was read In the beauties of the contours limited space Cemented all the joinings of familiar objects
  • 20. Table, guitar and empty glass On an acre of solid earth Of white canvas, of nocturnal air
  • 21. Table had to support itself lamp to remain a pop of the shadow Newspaper abandoning half of itself
  • 22. Twice the day Twice the night of two objects a double object A single whole for ever and ever
  • 24. On the fatal slope the traveller benefits from the favour of the day
  • 25. Glazed with frost and without pebbles, And his eyes blue with his love, discovers his season Which bears on every finger great stars as rings
  • 26. On the shore the sea has left its ears And the hollowed sand site of a noble crime The agony is worse for the executioners than for the victims Knives are omens and bullets are tears
  • 28. Sun of prey, prisoner of my head, remove the hill, remove the forest The sky more beautiful than ever
  • 29. The dragonflies of the grapes give precise form to it That I dispel with a gesture
  • 30. Clouds of primeval day Insensitive clouds sanctioned by nothing Their seeds burn in the straw fires of my glances
  • 31. At the end, to cloak itself with dawn The sky must needs be as pure as the night
  • 33. Irremediable life Life ever to be cherished, Despite scouragels and base morals
  • 34. Despite false stars and encroaching ashes Despite grinding fevers, crime belly-high Dried up breasts, foolish faces
  • 35. Despite the mortal guns Despite the dead gods Despite the lies dawn, horizon, water, bird, man, love
  • 36. Man light-headed and good soothing the earth clearing the woods illuminating the stone And the nocturnal rose and the blood of the crowd.