On Jan-Jan | You alone own, jan-jan, vineyards and meadows

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by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Tu as tout seul, Jean‑Jean, vignes et...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Tu as tout seul, [Jean-Jean]¹, vignes et prés ;
Tu as tout seul ton cœur et ta pécune ;
Tu as tout seul deux logis diaprés,
Là où vivant ne prétend chose aucune ;
Tu as tout seul le fruit de ta fortune ;
Tu as tout seul ton boire et ton repas ;
Tu as tout seul toutes choses, fors d'une :
C'est que tout seul ta femme tu n'as pas.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Françaix • J. Sweelinck

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Confirmed with La France Littéraire, Tome XXXVIII, Paris, Bureaux de la France Littéraire, 1840, page 69.

¹ Françaix: "Jan-Jan"; Sweelinck: "Ian-Ian"

Text Authorship:

by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544), no title, written <<1544, appears in Les Épigrammes, in 4. Livre IV [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 Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997), "De jan-jan", 1941, published 1948 [ medium voice and piano ], from L'adolescence Clémentine, no. 1, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621), "Tu as tout seul", published 1598 [ SSATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), [adaptation] ; composed by Clement Janequin.

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Researcher for this page: Laura Prichard [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-04-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 68

On Jan‑Jan

Language: English after the French (Français)

You alone own, jan-jan, vineyards and meadows,
You alone own your heart and your money;
You alone own two iridescent residences,
Where no living thing dares to  do anything;

You alone own the fruit of your fortune,
You alone own your drink and your meal,
You alone own everything, except one thing:
It’s just that, alone, you don’t have your wife.

Translator's note on title: Jan-Jan is a pet name (for Jean or Jan), and Jan is a common name for Janvier (January). Jan-Jan is also be an abbreviation for the period “from January to January.”

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544), no title, written <<1544, appears in Les Épigrammes, in 4. Livre IV
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 61