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

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Rôdeuse au front de verre

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Rôdeuse au front de verre
Son coeur s'inscrit dans une étoile noire
Ses yeux montrent sa tête
Ses yeux [sont]¹ la fraîcheur de l'été
La chaleur de l'hiver
Ses yeux s'ajourent rient très fort
Ses yeux joueurs gagnent leur part de clarté.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Poulenc

F. Poulenc sets lines 1-7, 1

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Confirmed with Paul Éluard, Œuvres complètes, Vol. 1, Paris: Gallimard, 1968, Page 294.

¹ Poulenc: "ont"

Text Authorship:

by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Rôdeuse au front de verre", appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 14, appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 9, 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), "Rôdeuse au front de verre", FP 77 no. 4 (1935), published 1935, lines 1-7,1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Paul Éluard, no. 4, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 43

Dona errant amb un front de vidre

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

Dona errant amb un front de vidre
el seu cor està gravat dins d'una estrella negra
els seus ulls revelen la seva ment
els seus ulls tenen la frescor de l'estiu
la calidesa de l'hivern
els seus ulls s’obren rient molt fort
els seus ulls juganers guanyen la seva porció de claredat.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (1895 - 1952), as Paul Éluard, "Rôdeuse au front de verre", appears in La vie immédiate, in L'univers-solitude, no. 14, appears in À toute épreuve , in L'univers-solitude, no. 9, first published 1932
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-22
Line count: 7
Word count: 52