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by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589)

Une puce j'ay dedans l'oreille
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Une puce j'ay dedans l'oreill' helas !
Qui de nuit & de jour me fretille & me mord
Et me faict devenir fou,
   Nul remède n'i puis donner,
   Je cours, deça, je cours dela,
   Ote la moy, retire la moy, je t'en pri,
   O toute belle, secours moy.

Quand mes yeux je pence livrer au someil,
Elle vient me piquer, me démange, me poingt
Et me garde de dormir.
   Nul remède . . .

D'une vieille charmeresse aidé me suis,
Qui guérit tout le monde & de tout guérissant,
Ne ma sçeu me guerir moy:
   Nul remède . . .

Bien je sçay que seule peux guérir ce mal,
Je te pri de me voir de bon oeil, et vouloir
Amolir ta cruauté:
   Nul remède . . .

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589) [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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Une puce j'ay dedans l'oreille", 1576. [5v] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "I have a flea in my ear, alas", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 127

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