Le Serpent
French source:
Robert Pinget
comme vous et moi belles pivoines fermant les yeux
partout tel rossignol serpente
The snake
English translation ©
Anon.
Le Serpent
French source:
Robert Pinget
The snake
English source:
Anon.
Le contour intrigué d’un jardin
The mystified outline of a garden like you and me beautiful bullfinches with closed eyes like a ubiquitous snaking nightingale
comme vous et moi belles pivoines fermant les yeux
partout tel rossignol serpente
Composer
Germaine Tailleferre
The composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) played the piano and organ, taught and also painted. Thanks to her father’s opposition to her musical education, she changed her name early on from ‘Taillefesse’ to ‘Tailleferre’. Her mother gave her…