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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Va ! sans nul autre souci
Language: French (Français) 
Va ! sans nul autre souci
Que de conserver ta joie !
Fripe les jupes de soie
Et goûte les vers aussi.

La morale la meilleure,
En ce monde où les plus fous
Sont les plus sages de tous,
C'est encor d'oublier l'heure.

Il s'agit de n'être point
Mélancolique et morose.
La vie est-elle une chose
Grave et réelle à ce point ?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), appears in Jadis et naguère, in Jadis, in Sonnets et autres vers, in 21. Les Uns et les Autres [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 Louis Abbiate (1866 - 1933), "Chanson", published [1899] [ high voice and piano ], from Pièces pour chant et piano, no. 7, Paris, Édition Lucien Grus [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maxime Jacob (1906 - 1977), "Va ! sans nul autre souci", 1927, published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux chansons de Mezzetin, no. 2, Paris, Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max d'Ollone (1875 - 1959), "Va ! sans nul autre souci", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from operetta Les Uns et les Autres, Paris, Choudens [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

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