What! Lisette, is that you?

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by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Lisette

(Sung text for setting by B. Fairchild)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Quoi ! Lisette, est-ce vous ?
Vous, en riche toilette !
Vous, avec des bijoux !
Vous, avec une aigrette !
        Eh ! non, non, non, 
Vous n’êtes plus Lisette.
        Eh ! non, non, non, 
Ne portez plus ce nom.

 ... 

Votre bouche sourit
D’une façon discrète.
Vous montrez de l’esprit ;
Du moins on le répète.
        Eh ! non, non, non, 
Vous n’êtes plus Lisette.
        Eh ! non, non, non, 
Ne portez plus ce nom.

 ... 


Maîtresse d’un seigneur
Qui paya sa défaite, 
De l’ombre du bonheur
Vous êtes satisfaite.
        Eh ! non, non, non, 
Vous n’êtes plus Lisette.
        Eh ! non, non, non, 
Ne portez plus ce nom.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,5,8 of the original text.

Composition:

Blair Fairchild

Text Authorship:

by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857), "Ce n’est plus Lisette", H. Fournier, first published 1839

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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-05
Line count: 64
Word count: 262

Lisette

(Sung text translation for setting by B. Fairchild)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

What! Lisette, is that you?
You, in rich clothing!
You, with jewelry!
You, with a plumed headdress!
        Eh! no, no, no,
You are not Lisette.
        Oh! no, no, no,
Do not wear this name anymore.

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How those days are far away
When, in our little room,
The queen of love
Was nothing but a working-class girl!
        Eh! no, no, no,
You are not Lisette.
        Oh! no, no, no,
Do not wear this name anymore.    

 ... 



       

        


If Love is a god,
It is close to a little girl.
Goodbye, madam, goodbye:
You are treated as a duchess.
        Eh! no, no, no,
You are not Lisette.
        Oh! no, no, no,
Do not wear this name anymore.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,5,8 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2019 by Garrett Medlock, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in French (Français) by Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780 - 1857), "Ce n’est plus Lisette", H. Fournier, first published 1839
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-06
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