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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

La chanson de ma mie
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.

H. Bemberg sets stanzas 1-3, 6

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]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "La chanson de ma mie", published 1902, stanzas 1-3,6 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961), "La Chanson de ma Mie", op. 13 (1925?), published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Jobert [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "La chanson de ma mie" [ voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, recueil 1, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean-Louis Aristide Hignard (1822 - 1897), "La chanson de ma mie", published [1857] [ high voice and piano ], from Rimes et mélodies, 12 morceaux de chant, no. 8, Paris, Éditions E. Heu [sung text not yet checked]
  • by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "La Chanson de ma mie", 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quinze mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Enoch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Helen Rhodes (1858 - 1936), as Guy d'Hardelot, "La chanson de ma mie", published [1893] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Léon Grus [sung text not yet checked]
  • by L. de Touchimbert , "La Chanson de ma Mie", <<1910 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Éd. J. Roussel [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "The song of my sweetheart", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-11
Line count: 30
Word count: 114

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