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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Bonsoir
 (Sung text for setting by G. Pierné)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
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 -- !

Composition:

    Set to music by Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937), "Bonsoir" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, written 1866, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 11

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 71

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