Où peut on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille

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Où peut on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille (loosely translated: "It is best to live with loved ones") was an unofficial hymn that was played in France during the Restoration period (1815-1830) at public appearances by the king .

It is a quartet from the Opéra-comique Lucile by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (music) and Jean-François Marmontel ( libretto ), which was first performed on January 5, 1769 at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris.

Où peut-on être mieux ( bis )
Qu'au sein de sa famille? (to)
Tout est content (to),
Le coeur, les yeux (bis).
Vivons, aimons, vivons, aimons
comme nos bons aïeux. (to)
Where can it be better (until)
Than in the bosom of his family? (to)
Everything is satisfied (until)
The heart, the eyes (up to).
Let's live, love, live, love
Like our good ancestors. (to)

The opening line was also used - often in ironic or satirical contexts - as a cipher for the Ancien Régime .

Thus, in the “Phantasie” created after the July Revolution of 1830, Eichendorff had Charles X , who belonged to the church in Arcadia, exclaim “every ten steps” Où peut on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille , “what the guys who don't Understood French, considered a Jesuit magic formula ”.

In the article series French conditions about the June uprising of 1832, Heine quotes the line in connection with Louis-Philippe I : “The citizen-king is surrounded by citizen cannons: où peut-on être mieux qu'au sein de sa famille. "

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph von Eichendorff: I was also in Arcadia in the Gutenberg-DE project
  2. ^ Heinrich Heine: French conditions in the Gutenberg-DE project

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