La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire (Pierre Certon)

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General Information

Title: La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire
Composer: Pierre Certon

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1538 in Livre 3: 28 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant), Edition 1, no. 4
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Original text and translations

French text La, la, la, je ne l'o… je ne l'o… je ne l'ose dire. La, la, la, je le vous dirai, et la, la, la, je le vous dirai. Il est un homme en not' ville qui de sa femme est jaloux. Il n'est pas jaloux sans cause, mais il est cocu de tout. La, la, la… Il n'est pas jaloux sans cause, mais il est cocu de tout. Il aprete et si la mene au marche s'en va a tout. La, la, la… Two more verses appear in at least one edition (Collection Renaissance, Les Presses d'Île-de-France, 1974): Enfin, las de ce supplice Le pauvre homme se pendit Mais sa femme par malice Chez Lucifer le suivit La, la, la… La morale de cette histoire C'est qu'avant de se marier Il faut savoir le jour même Que c'est pour l'éternité La, la, la…

English translation La, la, la, shouldn't tell, Shouldn't tell, shouldn't tell it to you La la la, I'll tell you anyway Oh la, la, la, I'll tell you anyway In our town there is a man, who Of his wife burns with jealousy He's not jealous without cause, She cuckolds him incessantly La, la, la… He's not jealous without cause, She cuckolds him incessantly He takes her over to the market When she's there she makes most free La, la, la… At last, overcome by his plight That poor man did himself in But his lady out of sheer spite Followed him to Satan’s den. La, la, la… For a moral of this tableau You should know with certainty That when to the altar you go It is for eternity. La, la, la…

Dutch translation En la, la la, durve ni, durve ni, La, la, la, durf ‘et oâst ni zegge, La, la, la, môr ‘k zeg het toch wel. Er is ne vent in onze stroâte, Die’s jaloes van zijn madam. En è houdt heur in de goâte, Môr è wet’ er just niks van. En la, la la… En è houdt heur in de goâte, Môr è wet’ er just niks van. Als ‘em klêer is, gâ ze boâte, Nôr de mar’t mé alleman. En la, la la… Translation by Jan Wyns

Esperanto translation La, la, la, mi ne po… mi ne po… Mi ne povas diri La, la, la, sed aŭskultu jen. Ho, la, la, la, sed aŭskultu jen. Estas vir’ en nia urbo, li ĵaluzas pri l’ edzin’ Ne malprave li ĵaluzas, ŝi senhonte kokras lin. Ho, la, la, la. La, la, la… Ne malprave li ĵaluzas, ŝi senhonte kokras lin. Malgraŭ lia dorlotado, flirtas ŝi laŭ korinklin’. Ho, la, la, la. La, la, la… Translation by Arjen-Sjoerd de Vries and Saksia Idzerda