Paul Éluard

I Said It To You
I said it to you for the clouds,
I said it to you for the tree of the sea.
For each wave, for the birds in the leaves
For the pebbles of sound,
For familiar hands,
For the eye that becomes landscape or face,
And sleep returns it the heaven of its colour.
For all that night drank,
For the network of roads,
For the open window, for a bare forehead.
I said it to you for your thoughts, for your words--
Every caress every trust survives!


Open Door
Life is truly kind
Come to me, if I go to you- it’s a game,
The angels of bouquets grant the flowers a change of hue!