by
Clément Marot (1496 - 1544)
Bon jour, et puis, quelles nouvelles?
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Bon jour, et puis, quelles nouvelles?
N'en sçauroit-on de vous avoir ?
S'en bref ne m'en faites sçavoir,
J'en ferai de toutes nouvelles.
Puis que vous estes si rebelles,
Bon vespre, bonn nuict, bon soir,
Bon jour.
Mais si vous cueillez des groyselles,
Envoyez m'en: car pour tout veoir,
Je suis gros: mais c'est de vous veoir
Quelque matin mes Damoiselles:
Bon jour.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Œuvres de Clement Marot ...: Revûes sur plusieurs manuscrits ..., Volume 2, a la Haie, chez P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, 1731, page 183.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "To the Damsels that are too Lazy to Write to their Suitors", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
To the Damsels that are too Lazy to Write to their Suitors
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Good day! And may I add, What's new?
Is there no way of hearing from you?
If you don't inform me soon
I'll make up news of you all.
Since you are so recalcitrant,
I bid you good afternoon, good night,
good day!
But if you're picking berries,
do send me some, because I'm desperate
to see things - and "berry keen" to see
you, my ladies, some morning soon.
Good day!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544), "Rondeau LV. Aux Damoyselles paresseuses d'escrire à leurs Amys"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 73