Meager grass | Meager grass

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

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Une herbe pauvre

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Une herbe pauvre
Sauvage
Apparut dans la neige.
C'était la santé.
Ma bouche fut émerveillé
Du goût d'air pur qu'elle avait.
Elle était fanée.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard [author's text not yet checked 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), "Une herbe pauvre", FP 86 no. 6 (1936), published 1937 [ high voice and piano ], from Tel jour Telle nuit, no. 6, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Meager grass", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 7
Word count: 24

Meager grass

Language: English after the French (Français)

Meager grass 
Wild
Appeared in the snow.
It was health.
My mouth was astonished 
At the flavor of pure air that it had.
It was withered.

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-20
Line count: 7
Word count: 26