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by Marie de France (1154 - 1189)

Le Lai du Chèvrefeuille
Language: French (Français) 
D'eux deux il était ainsi
Comme du chèvre-feuille était
Qui au coudrier se prenait.
Quand il s'est enlacé et pris
Et tout autour le fût s'est mis,
Ensemble peuvent bien durer.
Mais qui les veut ensuite désunir
Le coudrier meurt bien vite
Et le chèvre-feuille avec lui.
"Belle amie ainsi est de nous
Ni vous sans moi, ni moi sans vous."

Text Authorship:

  • by Marie de France (1154 - 1189) [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Le Lai du Chèvrefeuille", op. 409 no. 9 (1964), published 1966 [ soprano and piano ], from L'amour chante, no. 9, Bryn Mawr, Theodore Presser and Co. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 61

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