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Il la prend dans ses bras Lueurs brillantes un instant entrevues Aux omoplates aux épaules aux seins Puis cachées par un nuage. Elle porte la main [à]1 son coeur Elle pâlit elle frissonne Qui donc a crié ? Mais l'autre s'il est [encore]2 vivant On le retrouvera Dans une ville inconnue.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 301.
1 Poulenc: "sur"2 Poulenc: "encor"
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, written 1930, appears in À toute épreuve , in Confections, no. 9, appears in La vie immédiate, in Confections, no. 21, Éd. Surréalistes, first published 1930 [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), "Il la prend dans ses bras", FP 77 no. 2 (1935), published 1935 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 2, Éd. 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 (Peter Low) , "He takes her into his arms", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Ell l’agafa entre els seus braços lluors brillants un instant albirades als omòplats a les espatlles als pits després amagades per un núvol. Ella es posa la mà al pit ella empal·lideix ella tremola qui doncs ha cridat? Però l'altre, si encara és viu el trobarem en una ciutat desconeguda.
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Translations of titles:
"Il la prend dans ses bras" = "Ell l’agafa entre els seus braços"
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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- a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, written 1930, appears in À toute épreuve , in Confections, no. 9, appears in La vie immédiate, in Confections, no. 21, Éd. Surréalistes, first published 1930
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-22
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