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Ma maîtresse est volage, Mon rival est heureux; S'il a son pucellage, C'est qu'elle en avait deux. Et vogue la galère, Tant qu'elle pourra voguer.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 18th century ) , "Les Deux Pucelages", subtitle: "Parodie" [author's text not yet checked 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), "La maîtresse volage", FP 42 no. 1 (1925-1926), published 1926 [ baritone and piano ], from Chansons gaillardes, no. 1, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Die freizügige Geliebte", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Simon Chalifoux) , "The unfaithful mistress", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sonja Lohmiller) , "Die flatterhafte Geliebte", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Matthias Fletzberger
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 25
Meine Herrin ist ständig am wandern, mein Rivale kann sein Glück kaum ermessen: Hat die Unschuld sie verloren beim andern, dann hat sie wohl zwei besessen. Komme, was da wolle, solange sie es will.
Authorship:
- by Bertram Kottmann , "Die freizügige Geliebte", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Les Deux Pucelages", subtitle: "Parodie"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Die freizügige Geliebte", 2015 [baritone and piano], from Frivole Lieder, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-12
Line count: 6
Word count: 34