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

Il la prend dans ses bras
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Il la prend dans ses bras
Lueurs brillantes un instant entrevues
Aux omoplates aux épaules aux seins
Puis cachées par un nuage.

Elle porte la main sur son coeur
Elle pâlit elle frissonne
Qui donc a crié?

Mais l'autre s'il est encor vivant
On le retrouvera
Dans une ville inconnue.

Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Il la prend dans ses bras", written 1930, appears in À toute épreuve , in Confections, no. 9, Éd. Surréalistes, first published 1930 [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), "Il la prend dans ses bras", FP 77 no. 2 (1935), published 1935 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "He takes her into his arms", copyright © 2002, (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: 10
Word count: 50

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