Given free rein you whose phantom

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

Translation © by Grant Hicks

À toutes brides

(Sung text for setting by F. Poulenc)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

À toutes brides toi dont le fantôme
Piaffe la nuit sur un violon
Viens régner dans les bois

Les verges de l'ouragan
Cherchent leur chemin par chez toi
Tu n'es pas des celles
Dont on invente les désirs

 ... 

Viens boire un baiser par ici
Cède au feu qui te désespère.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Composition:

Francis Poulenc

Tel jour Telle nuit

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Les yeux fertiles, in Intimes, no. 2

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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

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Word count: 58

Given free rein

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Poulenc)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Given free rein you whose phantom 
Prances at night on a violin 
Come to rule in the woods

The batterings of the hurricane 
Seek their track by way of you
You are not among those 
Whose desires are invented 

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Come drink a kiss here
Yield to the fire that robs you of hope.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

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a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Les yeux fertiles, in Intimes, no. 2
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Line count: 11
Word count: 63