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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation Singable translation by Johann Christoph Grünbaum (1785 - 1870)

La Coquette
Language: French (Français) 
Naguère, il m'en souvient, ma belle,
tu m'assurais de ton amour,
tu me jurais d'être fidèle,
tes serments n'ont duré qu'un jour.
Nous verrons, que des deux, ma chère,
Le premier s'en repentira!
Adieu donc, bergère
Al la foi legère,
T'aimera,
Te croira
Maintenant qui voudra !

Plus vite que la girouette
Qui toujours tourne au moindre vent,
Ton faible cœur, fille coquette,
tourne, tourne et change d'amants.
Nous verrons etc.

Adieu, ne viens plus sous l'ombrage
Me chercher pour danser le soir ;
Va, porte ailleurs ton cœur volage,
Jamais plus je ne veux te revoir !
Nous verrons etc.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "La Coquette", op. 135 (Lieder) no. 2, published 1839 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Christoph Grünbaum (1785 - 1870) ; composed by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger.
      • Go to the text.

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-23
Line count: 21
Word count: 98

Die Kokette
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Noch tönt dein Wort mir in den Ohren,
das ew'ge Liebe mir versprach,
doch jene Treu', die du geschworen,
ach, sie schwand schon am nächsten Tag.
Wollen seh'n, bald belehrt uns die Zeit,
wer's von uns zuerst bereut!
Leb' wohl, magst nun scherzen
mit Männerherzen;
ich bin still, 
mäuschenstill,
mag dich lieben, wer will,
mag dir trau'n, wer da will!

Wie sich die Wetterfahnen drehen,
sobald ein leiser Hauch sich regt,
so wird, wenn and're Lüfte wehen,
auch dein schwankendes Herz bewegt.
Wollen seh'n etc.

Nie sollst du bei der Abendfeier
mit mir zum frohen Tanz mehr geh'n;
geh, lock' und täusche and're Freier,
nein, nie will ich dich wiederseh'n!
Wollen seh'n etc.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Johann Christoph Grünbaum (1785 - 1870) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
    • Go to the text page.

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

  • by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Die Kokette", op. 135 (Lieder) no. 2, published 1839 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-23
Line count: 22
Word count: 113

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