“
Farewell Sadness
Hello Sadness
You are inscribed in the lines on the ceiling
You are inscribed in the eyes that I love
You are not poverty absolutely
Since the poorest of lips denounce you
Ah with a smile
Bonjour Tristesse
Love of kind bodies
Power of love
From which kindness rises
Like a bodiless monster
Unattached head
Sadness beautiful face.
”
”
Paul Éluard (Selected Poems (A Calderbook, Cb435) (English and French Edition))
“
Il n'y a qu'une vie, c'est donc qu'elle est parfaite
”
”
Paul Éluard (Selected Poems (A Calderbook, Cb435) (English and French Edition))
“
And by the power of a word, I begin my life again.
”
”
Paul Éluard (Selected Poems (A Calderbook, Cb435) (English and French Edition))
“
Adieu Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse
Farewell Sadness
Hello Sadness
You are inscribed in the lines on the ceiling
You are inscribed in the eyes that I love
You are not poverty absolutely
Since the poorest of lips denounce you
Ah with a smile
Bonjour Tristesse
Love of kind bodies
Power of love
From which kindness rises
Like a bodiless monster
Unattached head
Sadness beautiful face.
”
”
Paul Éluard (Selected Poems (A Calderbook, Cb435) (English and French Edition))