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by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)

Le geai paré des plumes du paon
Language: French (Français) 
Un paon muait : un geai prit son plumage ;
        Puis après se l'accommoda ;
Puis parmi d'autres paons tout fiers se panada,
        Croyant être un beau personnage.
Quelqu'un le reconnut : il se vit bafoué,
        Berné, sifflé, moqué, joué,
Et par messieurs les paons plumé d'étrange sorte ;
Même vers ses pareils s'étant réfugié,
        Il fut par eux mis à la porte.

Il est assez de geais à deux pieds comme lui,
Qui se parent souvent des dépouilles d'autrui,
        Et que l'on nomme plagiaires.
Je m'en tais, et ne veux leur causer nul ennui :
        Ce ne sont pas là mes affaires.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695), "Le geai paré des plumes du paon", written 1668, appears in Fables [author's text checked 1 time 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 Melchior Alexandre Bruneau (1823 - 1898), "Le geai paré des plumes du paon", op. 377 no. 18 (1879) [ medium voice and piano or harmonium ], from 25 fables de La Fontaine, no. 18 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), adapted by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Gustave Delsarte.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 97

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