Tu la meva pacient la meva paciència la meva parenta

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Toi ma patiente ma patience ma parente

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Toi ma patiente ma patience ma parente
Gorge haut suspendue orgue de la nuit lente
Révérence cachant tous les ciels dans sa grâce
Prépare à la vengeance un lit d’où je naîtrai.

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Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 1062.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Patience", appears in Sur les pentes inférieures [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), "Toi ma patiente", FP 120 no. 4 (1943), first performed 1946 [ chorus ], from cantata Figure humaine, no. 4, Éditions Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Tu la meva pacient la meva paciència la...

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

Tu la meva pacient la meva paciència la meva parenta
gorja amunt suspesa  orgue de la nit lenta
reverència que amaga tots els cels en la seva gràcia
prepara per a la venjança un llit d’on jo naixeré.

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Translations of titles:
"Patience" = "Paciència"
"Toi ma patiente" = "Tu la meva pacient"

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, "Patience", appears in Sur les pentes inférieures
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-02
Line count: 4
Word count: 38