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

Main dominée par le cœur
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  GER
Main dominée par le cœur
Cœur dominé par le lion
Lion dominé par l'oiseau

L'oiseau qu'efface un nuage
Le lion que le désert grise
Le cœur que la mort habite
La main refermée en vain

Aucun secours tout m'échappe
Je vois ce qui disparaît
Je comprends que je n'ai rien
Et je m'imagine à peine

Entre les murs une absence
Puis l'exil dans les ténèbres
Les yeux purs la tête inerte.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "La main le cœur le lion l'oiseau", appears in Poésie et vérité, first published 1942 [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), "Main dominée par le cœur", FP 135 (1947), published 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Ingrid Schmithüsen) , "Hand überwunden durch das Herz", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 71

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