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De tous les printemps du monde Celui-ci est le plus laid Entre toutes mes façons d'être La confiante est la meilleure L'herbe soulève la neige Comme la pierre d'un tombeau Moi je dors dans la tempête Et je m'éveille les yeux clairs Le lent le petit temps s'achève Où toute rue devait passer Par mes plus intimes retraites Pour que je rencontre quelqu'un Je n'entends pas parler les monstres Je les connais ils ont tout dit Je ne vois que les beaux visages Les bons visages sûrs d'eux-mêmes Sûrs de ruiner bientôt leurs maîtres.
I. Weisshaus sets stanza 4
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Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Bientôt" [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), "De tous les printemps du monde", FP 120 no. 1 (1943), first performed 1946 [ chorus ], from cantata Figure humaine, no. 1, Éditions Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Imre Weisshaus (1904 - 1987), as Paul Arma, "Confiance", 1942-4, stanza 4 [ voice and piano ], from Les chants du silence : Recueil de onze mélodies, no. 2, Paris : Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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 (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-22
Line count: 17
Word count: 94
Of all the springtimes of the world This one is the ugliest Among all my ways of being The best is to trust The grass lifts up the snow Like a tombstone As for me, I sleep during the storm And awaken with bright eyes The slow short time is coming to an end When every road had to pass By my most intimate retreats So that I might meet someone I do not hear the monsters speaking I know them they have said everything I see only the beautiful faces The good faces sure of themselves Sure soon to ruin their masters.
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Translations of titles:
"Bientôt" = "Soon"
"Confiance" = "Trust"
"De tous les printemps du monde" = "Of all the springtimes of the world"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (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 Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Bientôt"
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-18
Line count: 17
Word count: 103