Ase o vaca gall o cavall

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Âne ou vache coq ou cheval

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER LIT

Âne ou vache coq ou cheval
Jusqu'à la peau d'un violon
Homme chanteur un seul oiseau
Danseur agile avec sa femme

Couple trempé dans son printemps

L'or de l'herbe le plomb du ciel
Séparés par les flammes bleues
De la santé de la rosée
Le sang s'irise le coeur tinte

Un couple le premier reflet

Et dans un souterrain de neige
La vigne opulente dessine
Un visage aux lèvres de lune
Qui n'a jamais dormi la nuit.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 2, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 67.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "À Marc Chagall", written 1946, appears in Le dur désir de durer, Paris, Éd. Arnold-Bordas, first published 1946 [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), "Marc Chagall", FP 161 no. 2 (1956), published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Travail du peintre, no. 2, Éd. Max Eschig [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) , "Marc Chagall", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Henning) , "Marc Chagall", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ase o vaca gall o cavall

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

Ase o vaca gall o cavall
Fins  la pell d'un violí
Home cantaire un sol ocell
Ballarí àgil amb la seva dona

Parella amarada en la seva primavera

L'or de l'herba el plom del cel 
Separats per les flames blaves
De la salubritat de la rosada
La sang s’irisa el cor dringa

Una parella el primer reflex

I en un subterrani de neu
La vinya opulenta dibuixa
Un rostre amb llavis de lluna
Que mai no ha dormit de nit.

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Translations of titles:
"À Marc Chagall" = "A Marc Chagall"
"Marc Chagall" = "Marc Chagall"

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 Marc Chagall", written 1946, appears in Le dur désir de durer, Paris, Éd. Arnold-Bordas, first published 1946
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-09
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Word count: 80