A penes desfigurada | Adéu, tristesa

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

À peine défigurée

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Adieu tristesse
Bonjour tristesse
Tu es inscrite dans les lignes du plafond
Tu es inscrite dans les yeux que j'aime
Tu n'es pas tout à fait la misère
Car les lèvres les plus pauvres te dénoncent
Par un sourire
Bonjour tristesse
Amour des corps aimables
Puissance de l'amour
Dont l'amabilité surgit
Comme un monstre sans corps
Tête désappointée
Tristesse beau visage

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Paul ÉluardTournai, Belgium: La Renaissance du livre, 2003, Page 33.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "À peine défigurée", appears in La vie immédiate [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), "À peine défigurée", FP. 81 no. 2 [ chorus ], from Sept chansons, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A penes desfigurada", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Barely Disfigured", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 61

A penes desfigurada

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

Adéu, tristesa
Hola, tristesa
Estàs inscrita a les línies del sostre
Estàs inscrita als ulls que estimo
No ets ben bé la misèria
Car els llavis més pobres et delaten
Amb un somriure
Hola, tristesa
Amor de cossos amables
Poder de l'amor
Del qual brolla l’amabilitat 
Com un monstre sense cos
Cap decebut
Tristesa, bell rostre

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 Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "À peine défigurée", appears in La vie immédiate
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 56