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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by Simon Chalifoux

Madrigal
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Vous êtes belle come un ange,
Douce comme un petit mouton;
Il n'est point de coeur, Jeanneton,
Qui sous votre loi ne se range.
Mais une fille sans têtons
Est une perdrix sans orange.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 18th century )  [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Madrigal", FP 42 no. 3 (1925-1926), published 1926 [ baritone and piano ], from Chansons gaillardes, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Madrigal", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Simon Chalifoux) , "Madrigal", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Sonja Lohmiller) , "Madrigal", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Matthias Fletzberger

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 34

Madrigal
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
You are as beautiful as an angel,
Sweet as a little lamb;
There is no man, Jeanette,
Who doesn't follow your rule.
But a girl without breasts
Is a partridge without orange.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2013 by Simon Chalifoux, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 32

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