by
Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Une herbe pauvre
Sauvage
Apparut dans la neige
C'était la santé
Ma bouche fut émerveillée
Du goût d'air pur qu'elle avait
Elle était fanée.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• F. Poulenc
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Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Pages 500-501.
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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) , "Meager grass", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 7
Word count: 24
Una herba esquifida
Silvestre
Aparegué a la neu
Era la salut
La meva boca es meravellà
Pel gust d'aire pur que tenia
S'havia marcit.