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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

La chanson de ma mie
NOTE: the footnotes have been removed from this text; return to general view
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
L'eau, dans les grands lacs bleus
     Endormie,
Est le miroir des cieux :
Mais j'aime mieux les yeux
    De ma mie.

Pour que l'ombre parfois
     Nous sourie,
Un oiseau chante au bois :
Mais j'aime mieux la voix
   De ma mie.

La rosée à la fleur
     Défleurie
Sait rendre sa couleur :
Mais j'aime mieux un pleur
   De ma mie.

Le temps vient tout briser.
     On l'oublie :
Moi, pour le mépriser,
Je ne veux qu'un baiser
   De ma mie.

La rose sur le lin
     Meurt flétrie ;
J'aime mieux pour coussin
Les lèvres et le sein
   De ma mie.

On change tour à tour
     De folie :
Moi, jusqu'au dernier jour,
Je m'en tiens à l'amour
   De ma mie.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Hignard 

H. Bemberg sets stanzas 1-3, 6
J. Hignard sets stanzas 1-4, 6

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Confirmed with Les poésies de Théodore de Banville: 1841-1854, France: Ponlet, 1857, Pages 214-215.

Note: The poem is preceded by the following epigraph by Alfred de Musset: "Or, voyez qui je suis, ma mie."


Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "La Chanson de ma Mie", written 1845, appears in Les Stalactites, no. 8 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-11
Line count: 30
Word count: 115

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