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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

Bonjour Suzon
 (Sung text for setting by L. Delibes)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bonjour Suzon, ma fleur des bois !
Es-tu toujours la plus jolie ?
Je reviens, tel que tu me vois,
D'un grand voyage en Italie,
Du paradis j'ai fait le tour ;
J'ai fait des vers, j'ai fait l'amour.
Mais que t'importe ?
Je passe devant ta maison ;
  Ouvre ta porte.
  Bonjour, Suzon !

Je t'ai vue au temps des lilas.
Ton cœur joyeux venait d'éclore.
Et tu disais : "je ne veux pas,
Je ne veux pas qu'on m'aime encore."
Qu'as-tu fait depuis mon départ ?
Qui part trop tôt revient trop tard.
Mais que m'importe ?
Je passe devant ta maison ;
  Ouvre ta porte.
  Bonjour, Suzon !

Composition:

    Set to music by Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891), "Bonjour Suzon", 1861, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Quinze mélodies, deux chœurs, no. 10, Éd. Hartmann & Cie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Chanson: Bonjour Suzon", written 1844, appears in Poésies posthumes, first published 1860

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 102

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