Ell l’agafa entre els seus braços

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Il la prend dans ses bras

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

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.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Poulenc

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Confirmed 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

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

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"

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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
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