You my patient my patience my parent

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

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Toi ma patiente ma patience ma parente

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Toi ma patiente ma patience ma parente
Gorge haut suspendue orgue de la nuit lente
Révérence cachant tous les ciels dans sa grâce
Prépare à la vengeance un lit d’où je naîtrai.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 1062.

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Patience", appears in Sur les pentes inférieures [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), "Toi ma patiente", FP 120 no. 4 (1943), first performed 1946 [ chorus ], from cantata Figure humaine, no. 4, Éditions Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-22
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You my patient my patience my parent

Language: English after the French (Français)

You my patient my patience my parent 
Throat held high organ of the slow night
Bow hiding all the heavens in its grace
Prepare for vengeance a bed whence I shall be born.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of titles:
"Patience" = "Patience"
"Toi ma patiente" = "You my patient"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Patience", appears in Sur les pentes inférieures
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-18
Line count: 4
Word count: 33