by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Plume d'eau claire
Language: French (Français)
Plume d'eau claire pluie fragile Fraîcheur voilée de caresses De regards et de paroles Amour qui voile ce que j'aime.
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 293.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Plume d'eau claire", appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 7, appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 10, first published 1932 [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), "Plume d'eau claire", FP 77 no. 3 (1935), published 1935 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 3, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ploma d'aigua clara", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "A plume of clear water", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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