Farai un vers de dreyt nien : Non er de mi ni d’autra gen, Non er d’amor ni de joven, Ni de ren au, Qu’enans fo trobatz en durmen Sobre chevau. No sai en quai hora.m fuy natz : No suy alegres ni iratz, No suy estrayns ni sui privatz, Ni no.n puesc au, Qu’enaissi fuy de nueitz fadatz, Sobr’ un pueg au. No sai qu’ora.m suy endurmitz Ni quora.m velh, s’om no m’o ditz. Per pauc no m’es lo cor partitz D’un dol corau ; E no m’o pretz una soritz Pei sanh Marsau ! Malautz suy e cre mi murir, E ren no.n sai mas quan n’aug dir : Metge querrai al mieu albir, E no sai cau ; Bos metges er si.m pot guérir, Mas non, si amau. Amigu’ ai ieu, no sai qui s’es, Qu’anc non la vi, si m’ajut fes ; Ni.m fes que.m plassa ni que.m pes, Ni no m’en eau, Qu’anc non ac Norman ni Frances Dins mon ostau. Anc non la vi et am la fort, Anc no n’aic dreyt ni no.m fes tort ; Quan non la vey, be m’en déport, No.m pretz un jau, Qu’ie.n sai gensor e bellazor, E que mais vau. Fag’ai lo vers, no say de cuy ; E trametrai lo a selhuy Que lo.m trametra per autruy Lay ves Anjau, Que.m tramezes del sieu estuy La contraclau.
Confirmed with Guillaume IX de Poitiers Voir, Les chansons de Guillaume IX, Alfred Jeanroy, Paris : H. Champion, 1913, p.30
Text Authorship:
- by Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine, Comte de Poitiers (1071 - 1127), "Farai un vers de dreyt nien" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Here's a song about absolutely nothing: It's not about me, Not about anyone else; Not about love. Not about being young, Not about anything else either
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Old French (Ancien français) by Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine, Comte de Poitiers (1071 - 1127), "Farai un vers de dreyt nien"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anian Wiedner (b. 2001), "The Song of Nothing", 2025 [ soprano, bass flute and percussion ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-12
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Word count: 26