Amis, vive l'orgie !

Amis, vive l'orgie !
J'aime la folle nuit
Et la nappe rougie
Et les chants et le bruit,
Les dames peu sévères ,
Les cavaliers joyeux,
Le vin dans tous les verres,
L'amour dans tous les yeux !

  La tombe est noire,
  Les ans sont courts.
  Il faut, sans croire
  Aux sots discours,
  Très-souvent boire,
  Aimer toujours ! 

Dans la douce Italie 
Qu'éclaire un si doux ciel, 
Tout est joie et folie, 
Tout est nectar et miel.
Ayons donc à nos fêtes
Les fleurs et les beautés,
La rose sur nos têtes,
La femme à nos côtés !

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Authorship

• by Victor Marie Hugo (1802 - 1885), no title, appears in Lucrèce Borgia, first published 1833 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Chanson à boire", op. 10. [solo voice, chorus, and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), "Chanson à boir", op. 17 (6 Mélodies) no. 6. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , title 1: "Hurrah for the orgy, my friend!", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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