Joan Miró | Sol de presa del meu cap

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Joan Miró

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER LIT

Soleil de proie prisonnier de ma tête,
Enlève la colline, enlève la forêt.
Le ciel est plus beau que jamais.

Les libellules des raisins
Lui donnent des formes précises
Que je dissipe d'un geste.

Nuages du premier jour,
Nuages insensibles et que rien n'autorise,
Leurs graines brûlent
Dans les feux de paille de mes regards.

À la fin, pour se couvrir d'une aube
Il faudra que le ciel soit aussi pur que la nuit.

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Pages 193-194.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Joan Mirò", written 1926, appears in Capitale de la douleur, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1926 [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), "Joan Miró", FP 161 no. 6 (1956), published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Travail du peintre, no. 6, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Peter Low) , "Joan Miró", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Henning) , "Joan Miró", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Chuanas Miro", copyright © 2022, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

Joan Miró

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

Sol de presa del meu cap,
Emporta’t la colina, emporta’t el bosc.
El cel és més bonic que mai.

Les libèl·lules dels raïms
Li donen formes precises
Que jo dissipo amb un sol gest.

Núvols del primer dia,
Núvols insensibles i que res no autoritza,
Les seves llavors cremen
En els focs de palla dels meus esguards.

Al final, per cobrir-se amb una alba
Caldrà que el cel sigui tan pur com la nit.

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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a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Joan Mirò", written 1926, appears in Capitale de la douleur, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1926
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 74