Partage
French source:
Robert Pinget
comme on faisait dans le village
badigeonne mortellement les murs et les portes cochères
amenant rustre et poètes
à marchander du terrain vague
Sharing
English translation ©
Anon.
like they create in the village
whitewashes fatally walls and main entrances
leading bumpkins and poets
to haggle over waste ground
Partage
French source:
Robert Pinget
Sharing
English source:
Anon.
Peinture aux quatre coins de moi
A painting of me from all sides
comme on faisait dans le village
like they create in the village
badigeonne mortellement les murs et les portes cochères
whitewashes fatally walls and main entrances
amenant rustre et poètes
leading bumpkins and poets
à marchander du terrain vague
to haggle over waste ground
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…