by
Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
Bonsoir, Mignonne, il se fait l'heure
Language: French (Français)
Bonsoir, Mignonne, il se fait l'heure
Où se closent vos yeux si doux.
Voulez-vous pas que je demeure
Près de votre lit, à genoux ?
Que seulement ma bouche effleure
Le lin de vos rideaux jaloux !
Pauvres gens, que nous sommes fous !
Ne voyez-vous pas que je pleure...
Bonsoir !
Si votre pitié n'est qu'un leurre,
J'aimerais mieux votre courroux;
Si vous ne voulez que je meure,
Hélas, pourquoi me dites-vous:
Bonsoir -- !
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Antony Choudens (1849 - 1902), "Bonsoir Mignonne", published c1872 [ voice and piano ], from 20 Mélodies, no. 1, Paris: Choudens [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953), "Bonsoir", 1893 [ soprano and piano ], from Sept mélodies d’Armand Silvestre, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul-Jean-Jacques Lacôme d'Estalenx (1838 - 1920), "Bonsoir Mignonne", published [1877] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "Bonsoir, Mignonne" [ high voice and piano ], from Mignonne, no. 10, Bruxelles, Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937), "Bonsoir" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexis Jean Hubert Rostand (1844 - 1919), "Bonsoir, Mignonne !" [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel et Fils [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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This text was added to the website: 2011-03-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 70
Good evening, pretty one, now is the...
Language: English after the French (Français)
Good evening, pretty one, now is the time
when your gentle eyes close.
Would you mind if I stay
here near your bed, on my knees?
And may my mouth just touch
the linen of your jealous curtains!
Poor folk, how crazy we are!
Can't you see that I am weeping...
Good evening!
If your pity is just a deception
I would prefer your anger.
If you don't want me to die,
alas, why are you saying to me
"Good evening!"
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Word count: 81
