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Rôdeuse au front de verre Son coeur s'inscrit dans une étoile noire Ses yeux montrent sa tête Ses yeux [sont]1 la fraîcheur de l'été La chaleur de l'hiver Ses yeux s'ajourent rient très fort Ses yeux joueurs gagnent leur part de clarté.
F. Poulenc sets lines 1-7, 1
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 294.
1 Poulenc: "ont"Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Rôdeuse au front de verre", appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 14, appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 9, first published 1932 [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), "Rôdeuse au front de verre", FP 77 no. 4 (1935), published 1935, lines 1-7,1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 4, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dona errant amb un front de vidre", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "She prowls with a brow of glass", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 43
Dona errant amb un front de vidre el seu cor està gravat dins d'una estrella negra els seus ulls revelen la seva ment els seus ulls tenen la frescor de l'estiu la calidesa de l'hivern els seus ulls s’obren rient molt fort els seus ulls juganers guanyen la seva porció de claredat.
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, "Rôdeuse au front de verre", appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 14, appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 9, first published 1932
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-22
Line count: 7
Word count: 52