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by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Plume d'eau claire

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Plume d'eau claire pluie fragile
Fraîcheur voilée de caresses
De regards et de paroles
Amour qui voile ce que j'aime.

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 293.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Plume d'eau claire", appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 7, appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 10, first published 1932 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Plume d'eau claire", FP 77 no. 3 (1935), published 1935 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 3, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ploma d'aigua clara", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "A plume of clear water", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 20

Ploma d'aigua clara

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

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Ploma d'aigua clara pluja fràgil
frescor velada de carícies
d’esguards i de paraules
amor que vela allò que estimo.

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a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Plume d'eau claire", appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 7, appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 10, first published 1932
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 19