I am sad, I am troubled

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by Xavier de Maistre, Comte (1763 - 1852)

Translation © by David Bamberger

Haï luli

(Sung text for setting by A. Coquard)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je suis triste, je m'inquiète,
Je ne sais plus que devenir.
Mon bon ami devait venir,
Et je l'attends ici seulette.
  Hai luli, hai luli,
Ah, qu'il fait triste sans mon ami !

 ... 

Hélas ! je languis dans l'attente,
Et l'ingrat se plaît loin de moi ;
Peut-être il me manque de foi,
Auprès d'un nouvelle amante !
  Hai luli, hai luli, 
Aurais-je perdu mon ami ?

Ah ! s'il est vrai qu'il soit volage,
S'il doit un jour m'abandonner,
Le village n'a qu'à brûler
Et moi-même avec le village !
  Hai luli, hai luli,
À quoi bon vivre sans ami ?

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,5-6 of the original text.

Note: Coquard and Viardot-García spell "Hai luli" with an umlaut over the first 'i' : "Haï luli!"

Composition:

Arthur Coquard

12 Mélodies pour chant avec accompagnement de piano

Text Authorship:

by Xavier de Maistre, Comte (1763 - 1852), no title, written 1825?, appears in Les Prisonniers du Caucase, Paris, Éd. Dondey-Dupré père et fils, Ponthieu libraire, first published 1825

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ENG English (David Bamberger) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I am sad, I am troubled

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Coquard)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

I am sad, I am troubled,
I no longer know what will happen!
My lover ought to come,
And I await him here alone.
Hai luli untranslatable: a sad "tra la"
Ah! how said it is without my love.

 ... 

Alas, I languish in waiting,
And the ingrate enjoys himself far from me!
Perhaps he betrays his oath to me
Beside a new lover.
Hai luli!
Could I have lost my love?

Ah! if it is true;  if it is true that he is faithless,
If one day he should abandon me,
The only thing is for the village to burn
And myself with the village.
Hai luli!
What use is it to live without my love?

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,5-6 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-03
Line count: 36
Word count: 116