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Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer Un orage emplit la vallée Un poisson la rivière Je t'ai faite à la taille de ma solitude Le monde entier pour se cacher Des jours des nuits pour se comprendre Pour ne plus rien voir dans tes yeux Que ce que je pense de toi Et d'un monde à ton image Et des jours et des nuits réglés par tes paupières.
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Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 509.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, written 1936, appears in Les yeux fertiles, in Intimes, no. 5, Éd. GLM, first published 1936 [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 Riccardo Malipiero (1914 - 2003), "Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer (intimes)", 1948, published 1948 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Poésies de Paul Éluard, no. 1, Milan, Carisch S.A. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer", FP 86 no. 7 (1936), published 1937 [ high voice and piano ], from Tel jour Telle nuit, no. 7, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Rafał Kłocko.
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Other 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 © 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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 68
I wish only to love you A storm fills the valley A fish the river I formed you to the dimensions of my loneliness. The whole world to hide in Days nights to understand each other To see nothing more in your eyes Than what I think of you And of a world in your image And days and nights governed by your eyelids.
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Translations of titles:
"Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer" = "I wish only to love you"
"Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer (intimes)" = "I wish only to love you (intimates)"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2025 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, no title, written 1936, appears in Les yeux fertiles, in Intimes, no. 5, Éd. GLM, first published 1936
This text was added to the website: 2025-12-20
Line count: 10
Word count: 64