Aiguardent, més enllà

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by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Eau‑de‑vie, au‑delà

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Eau-de-vie, au-delà
À l'heure du plaisir
Choisir n'est pas trahir
Je choisis celui-là.

Je choisis celui-là
Qui sait me faire rire
[D'un mot par-ci par-là,]¹
Comme on fait pour écrire

Comme on fait pour écrire
Il va [de-ci de-là]²
Sans que [j'ose]³ lui dire
J'aime bien ce jeu-là

J'aime bien ce jeu-là
Qu'un souffle fait finir.
[À l'heure du plaisir]⁴
Je choisis ce jeu-là.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Poulenc

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¹ Poulenc: "D'un doigt de-ci, de-là"
² Poulenc: "par-ci, par-là"
³ Poulenc: "j'osais"
⁴ Poulenc: "Jusqu'au dernier soupir"

Text Authorship:

by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Choisir n'est pas trahir", written 1937, appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 24, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939 [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), "Au-delà", FP 91 no. 2 (1937), published 1938 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, no. 2, Éditions Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "Beyond", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 16
Word count: 68

Aiguardent, més enllà

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

Aiguardent, més enllà
En l'hora del plaer
Triar no és cap traïció
Jo trio aquell.

Trio aquell
Que em sap fer riure
Amb un dit d'aquí i d'allà
Tal com es fa per escriure

Tal com es fa per escriure
Va d'aquí cap allà
Sense que jo gosés dir-li
M'agrada força aquest joc

M'agrada força aquest joc
Al que un sospir posa fi.
Fins a l'últim sospir
Trio aquell joc.

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Translations of titles:
"Au-delà" = "Més enllà"
"Choisir n'est pas trahir" = "Triar no és cap traïció"

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Choisir n'est pas trahir", written 1937, appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 24, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 70