Le front comme un drapeau perdu

Le front comme un drapeau perdu (FR) Brow Like a Lost Flag. Poulenc's setting (1937, Tel jour telle nuit #3) of the second poem in the »Grand Air« (Great Outdoors) section of Les Yeux fertiles (Fertile Eyes, 1936) by Eluard. The poem's original title is »être« (to be). The manuscript of the poem, with the title »Mauvais Moments« (Bad Moments) was included in a letter dated 23 February 1936, Barcelona, from Eluard and Nusch to Valentine Hugo, who was to illustrate the poem. The song is dedicated…