Throughout the day, I am

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Simon Chalifoux

Couplets bachiques

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Je suis tant que dure le jour 
Et grave et badin tour à tour.
Quand je vois un flacon sans vin,
Je suis grave, je suis grave,
Est-il tout plein, je suis badin.

Je suis tant que dure le jour
Et grave et badin tour à tour.

Quand ma femme me tient au lit,
Je suis sage, je suis sage,
Quand ma femme me tient au lit,
Je suis sage toute la nuit.

Si catin au lit me tient 
Alors je suis badin
Ah! belle hôtesse, versez-moi du vin 
Je suis badin, badin, badin.

Note for stanza 3, lines 1 and 3. Some editions have "Quand ma femme dort au lit"

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), "Couplets bachiques", FP 42 no. 5 (1925-1926), published 1926 [ baritone and piano ], from Chansons gaillardes, no. 5, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Bacchantische Couplets", 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) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Sonja Lohmiller) , "Bacchantische Strophen", 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: 15
Word count: 94

Throughout the day, I am

Language: English after the French (Français)

Throughout the day, I am
Serious and playful.
When I see an empty bottle
I am serious, O I am serious;
Is it full, I am playful.

Throughout the day,
Serious and playful.

When my wife takes me to bed,
I behave, I behave,
When my wife takes me to bed,
I behave all night long.

If a prostitute comes into my bed,
Then I am playful.
Ah! Beautiful hostess, pour me some wine,
I am playful, playful, playful.

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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: 15
Word count: 79