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

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Tous les droits

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Simile
L'ombre fleurie des fleurs suspendues au printemps
Le jour le plus court de l'année et la nuit esquimau
L'agonie des visionnaires de l'automne
L'odeur des roses la savante brûlure de l'ortie
Étends des linges transparents
Dans la clairière de tes yeux
Montre les ravages du feu ses oeuvres d'inspiré
Et le paradis de sa cendre
Le phénomène abstrait luttant avec les aiguilles de la pendule
Les blessures de la vérité les serments qui ne plient pas
Montre-toi
Tu peux sortir en robe de cristal
Ta beauté continue
Tes yeux versent des larmes des caresses des sourires
Tes yeux sont sans secret
Sans limites

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Pages 367-368.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Tous les droits", appears in La vie immédiate [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), "Tous les droits", FP. 81 no. 4 [ chorus ], from Sept chansons, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-12
Line count: 17
Word count: 104

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Feign
The flowery shadow of the flowers suspended in the Spring
The shortest day of the year and the Eskimo night
The agony of Autumn visionaries 
The scent of roses the clever sting of the nettle
Spread out transparent linens
In the clearing of your eyes 
Show the ravages of fire its inspired works 
And the paradise of its ash
The abstract phenomenon struggling with the hands of the clock.
The wounds of truth the vows that do not bend
Show yourself 
You can go out in a robe of crystal 
Your beauty goes on 
Your eyes shed tears caresses smiles
Your eyes are without secrets
Without limits

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a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Tous les droits", appears in La vie immédiate
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This text was added to the website: 2025-12-16
Line count: 17
Word count: 108