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by Eustache Deschamps (1346 - 1406)

Suis‑je, suis‑je, suis‑je belle ?
Language: French (Français) 
Suis-je, suis-je, suis-je belle ? 
Il me semble, à mon avis,
Que j'ay beau front, doulx souriz,
Et la bouche vermeillette ;
Dietes moy, si je suis belle ?

J'ay vers yeulx, petit sourcis,
[Le chief blont]1, le nez [traitis]2,
Ront menton, blanche gorgette,
Dietes moy, si je suis belle.
   Suis-je, suis-je, etc.

J'ay piez rondes et petiz,
Bien chaussans et biaux habis,
Je suis gaye et foliette ;
Dietes moy, si je suis belle ?
   Suis-je, suis-je, etc.

Que quinze ans n'ay, je vous dis ;
Moult est mes trésors jolys,
S'en garderay la [clavette]3 ;
Dietes moy, si je suis belle ?
   Suis-je, suis-je, etc.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   B. Godard 

About the headline (FAQ)

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1 in Godard's score there is an alternative in parentheses beneath these words: "la tète blonde" [sic]
2 alternative: "délicat"
3 alternative: "cléf"

Text Authorship:

  • by Eustache Deschamps (1346 - 1406), "Virelai: 'Portrait d'une pucelle'" [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 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Suis-je belle ?", op. 24 no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], from Nouvelles chansons du vieux temps, no. 1, Éd. Louis Gregh [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Le Flem (1881 - 1984), "Sui-je, sui-je, sui-je belle ?", 1946 [ soprano or tenor and harp or piano ], Edition Imperia [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-08-18
Line count: 20
Word count: 104

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