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by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

C'est folie et vanité

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ITA

C'est folie et vanité
D'estre en ce Monde arresté.
Le plaisir de ceste vie
N'est qu'ennuy et fascherie.

O Dieu, seul sage et constant,
Fay moy, pour vivre content,
Recevoir de ta largesse,
Ma fermeté et sagesse.

Text Authorship:

by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591) [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 Paschal de l'Estocart (1539 - c1584), "C'est folie et vanité", from Octonaires de la vanité du monde, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "È follia e vanità", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

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È follia e vanità

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the French (Français)

È follia e vanità
Essere prigionieri di questo mondo.
Il piacere di questa vita
è solo noia e tedio profondo.

O Dio, sola fonte di saggezza e costanza,
Che possa io vivere felice e sereno,
ed ottenere dalla tua benevolenza,
un animo fermo e di saggezza pieno.

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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
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Word count: 47