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Mon mari m'a diffamée Pour l'amour de mon ami, De la longue demeurée Que j'ai faite avecque lui. Hé! mon ami, En dépit de mon mari qui me va toujours battant, Je ferai pis que devant. Aucunes gens m'ont blamée, Disant que j'ai fait ami; La chose très fort m'agrée, Mon très gracieux souci. Hé! mon ami, en dépit de mon mari Qui ne vaut pas un grand blanc, Je ferai pis que devant. Quand je suis la nuit couchée Entre les bras de mon ami, Je deviens presque pamée Du plaisir que prends en lui. Hé! mon ami Plût à Dieu que mon mari Je ne visse de trente ans! Nous nous don'rions du bon temps. Si je perds ma renommée Pour l'amour de mon ami, Point n'en dois être blamée, Car il est coint et joli. Hé! mon ami, Je n'ai bonjour ni demi Avec ce mari méchant. Je ferai pis que devant.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 15th century ) [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 Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983), "Mon mari m'a diffamée", op. 41 no. 3 (1929) [ voice and piano ], from Six chansons françaises, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "My husband has vilified me", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-02
Line count: 32
Word count: 155
My husband has vilified me for my love for my man friend, citing the long stay I made with him. Hey, lover, in spite of my husband who is always beating me, I will behave worse than before. Some folk blamed me saying I have a lover; but the thing pleases me greatly, it is my very gracious concern. Hey, lover, in spite of my husband who is not worth a big fat nothing, I will behave worse than before. When I lie at night in the arms of my lover, I just about faint with the pleasure I take in him. Hey, lover, would to God that I never see my husband in the next thirty years! We'll give each other a good time. If I lose my reputation for love of my lover, I ought not to be blamed, for he is pleasant and handsome Hey, lover, I don't get a good-day (or even half) with this nasty husband. I will behave worse than before.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2017-08-11
Line count: 32
Word count: 167