Differential Equation involving Lambert W function

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I was wondering whether there is an explicit solution to the following differential equation

$$f'(x) = g'(t)\left(f(t)\left(\frac{a}{g(t)} -1 \right)-\frac{a}{g(t) \lambda}\left( 1+ W_{-1}(-e^{-1-\lambda f(t)} \right) \right) $$

All the functions are well-behaved, $W_{-1}$ is the -1 branch of the Lambert W function. I am not sure how to solve this one.

Thanks a lot for any help!

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$$f'(t) = g'(t)\left(f(t)\left(\frac{a}{g(t)} -1 \right)-\frac{a}{g(t) \lambda}\left( 1+ W_{-1}(-e^{-1-\lambda f(t)} \right) \right) $$ Let : $W_{-1}( -e^{-1-\lambda f(t) })=-y(t) \quad\to\quad -ye^{-y}=-e^{-1-\lambda f(t)}\quad\to\quad f(t)=\frac{1}{\lambda}\left( y-\ln(y)-1\right)$

$f'(t)=\frac{1}{\lambda}\left( 1-\frac{1}{y}\right) y'(t)$

$$y'(t)=\lambda \frac{y}{y-1} g'(t)\left(\frac{1}{\lambda}\left( y-\ln(y)-1\right)\left(\frac{a}{g(t)} -1 \right)-\frac{a}{g(t) \lambda}\left( 1-y \right) \right)$$

$$y'(t)=\frac{y}{y-1} g'(t)\left(\left( y-\ln(y)-1\right)\left(\frac{a}{g(t)} -1 \right)-\frac{a}{g(t)}\left( 1-y \right) \right)$$

$$y'(t)=y\: g'(t)\left(\left( 1-\frac{\ln(y)}{y-1}\right)\left(\frac{a}{g(t)} -1 \right)+\frac{a}{g(t)} \right)$$

So, we got rid of the Lambert function.

Supposing that we could solve this non-linear ODE, the result $y(t)$ gives : $$f(t)=\frac{1}{\lambda}\left( y-\ln(y)-1\right)$$

Without knowing what exactly is the function $g(t)$ it seems not possible to go further.