Si mundus vult decipi (Bachlund, set by G. Bachlund) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


    Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur

Si mundus vult decipi,
   ergo decipiatur.
If the world wants to be deceived,
   so let it be deceived.
Fools seek to be believed,
   for so they plead.
Hooray for the fools!
   Worldly fools!
      The world's filled with fools!

Si mundus vult decipi,
   ergo decipiatur.
Tomfoolery, buffoonery,
   stupidity, absurdity.
There's balderdash and Eurotrash,
   and senselessness with cheap finesse,
      as art is in a worldly mess!
         Oh, distress!

Si mundus vult decipi,
   ergo decipiatur.
      Deceived!

Authorship

Gary Bachlund

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Gary Bachlund

Date added to the website: 2009-03-06.

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