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by Gabriel-Charles de Lattaignant (1697 - 1779)

Non, la fidélité...
 (Sung text for setting by G. Tailleferre)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Non, la fidélité
  N'a jamais été
Qu'une imbécillité.
    J'ai quitté
  Par légèreté
  Plus d'une beauté.
Vive la nouveauté !
Mais quoi ! la probité ?
  Puérilité.
Le serment répété ?
  Style usité.
A-t-on jamais compté
  Sur un traité
    Dicté
  Par la volupté,
    Sans liberté ?
  On feint par vanité 
    D'être irrité.
  L'amant peu regretté
    Est invité :
  La femme avec gaîté, 
Bientôt s'arrange de son côté.

Composition:

    Set to music by Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983), "Non, la fidélité...", op. 41 no. 1 (1929) [ voice and piano ], from Six chansons françaises, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Gabriel-Charles de Lattaignant (1697 - 1779), "La légèreté"

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-06
Line count: 22
Word count: 62

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