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by Xavier de Maistre, Comte (1763 - 1852)

Haï luli
 (Sung text for setting by P. Viardot-García)
 See original
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,
Qu'il fait donc triste sans mon ami !

Je m'assieds pour filer ma laine, 
Le fil se casse dans ma main :
Allons ! je filerai demain, 
Aujourd'hui je suis trop en peine.
  Hai luli, hai luli, 
Où peut donc être 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: Coquard and Viardot spell "Hai luli" with an umlaut over the first 'i' : "Haï luli!"

Composition:

    Set to music by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Haï luli", stanzas 1-2,6 [ voice and 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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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 36
Word count: 201

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