Una cançó de porcellana pica de mans

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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Une chanson de porcelaine bat des mains

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT

Une chanson de porcelaine bat des mains
Puis en morceaux mendie et meurt
Tu te souviendras d'elle pauvre et nue
Matin des loups et leur morsure est un tunnel
D'où tu sors en robe de sang
A rougir de la nuit
Que de vivants à retrouver
Que de lumières à éteindre
Je t'appellerai Visuelle
Et multiplierai ton [image]¹.

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• F. Poulenc

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Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 293.

¹ Poulenc: "visage"

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 12, appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 8 [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 chanson de porcelaine", FP 169 (1958), published 1959 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 1, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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Una cançó de porcellana pica de mans

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

Una cançó de porcellana pica de mans
Després feta miques pidola i mor
La recordaràs pobra i nua
Matí de llops i la seva mossegada és un túnel
D’on apareixes tu amb un vestit de sang
A enrogir la nit
Quants vivents per retrobar
Quantes llums per apagar
T’anomenaré Visual
I multiplicaré el teu rostre.

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Translations of titles:
"Une chanson de porcelaine" = "Una cançó de porcellana"

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, no title, appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 12, appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-30
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Word count: 55