by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard
Une herbe pauvre
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Une herbe pauvre Sauvage Apparut dans la neige C'était la santé Ma bouche fut émerveillée Du goût d'air pur qu'elle avait Elle était fanée.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Pages 500-501.
Text Authorship:
- by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in Les yeux fertiles, in Balances, no. 3 [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), "Une herbe pauvre", FP 86 no. 6 (1936), published 1937 [ high voice and piano ], from Tel jour Telle nuit, no. 6, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Meager grass", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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