Aging | Shadow of snow

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

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Vieillir

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

                                     Ombre de neige,
          Cœur blanc, sang pauvre, cœur d’enfant.
                                              Le jour.
Il y a toujours le jour du soleil et le jour des nuages.
                   Le ciel, bras ouverts, bon accueil
                                               Au ciel.

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 73.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Vieillir", appears in Les nécessités de la vie [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 Guy Sacre (b. 1948), "Vieillir", 1985, from 4 Exemples Tirés des "Nécessités de la Vie", no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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

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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-24
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Word count: 33

Aging

Language: English after the French (Français)

                                       Shadow of snow,
                 Pure heart, poor blood, child's heart.
                                                   Day.
There is always the day of sun and the day of clouds.
                 Heaven, open arms, warm welcome
                                            To heaven.

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a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Vieillir", appears in Les nécessités de la vie
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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 30