Juan Gris | De dia gràcies de nit vés en compte

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Juan Gris

(Sung text for setting by F. Poulenc)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER LIT

De jour merci de nuit prends garde
De douceur la moitié du monde
L'autre montrait rigueur aveugle

Aux veines se lisait un présent sans merci
Aux beautés des contours l'espace limité
Cimentait tous les joints des objets familiers

Table guitare et verre vide
Sur un arpent de terre pleine
De toile blanche d'air nocturne

Table devait se soutenir
Lampe rester pépin de l'ombre
Journal délaissait sa moitié

Deux fois le jour deux fois la nuit
De deux objets un double objet
Un seul ensemble à tout jamais

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Francis Poulenc

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Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Juan Gris", written 1948, appears in Voir. Poemes, Peintures, Dessins, Genève, Éd. des Trois Collines, first published 1948

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Juan Gris", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "Juan Gris", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Henning) , "Juan Gris", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Chuanas Grisas", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Juan Gris

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Poulenc)

See original

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

De dia gràcies de nit vés en compte
De dolcesa la meitat del món 
L'altra mostrava severitat cega

A les venes es llegia un present despietat
A les belleses dels contorns l'espai limitat
Cimentava totes les juntures dels objectes familiars

Taula guitarra i got buit
En una vessana de terra plena
De tela blanca d’aire nocturn

Taula havia de sostenir-se 
Llum romandre pinyol de l'ombra
Diari abandonava la seva meitat

Dues vegades el dia dues vegades la nit
De dos objectes un doble objecte
Un únic conjunt  per sempre més

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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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a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Juan Gris", written 1948, appears in Voir. Poemes, Peintures, Dessins, Genève, Éd. des Trois Collines, first published 1948
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