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by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885)

Le Baiser
Language: French (Français) 
Au coin de ta bouche,
enfant blanche et rose,
Je veux déposer
un petit baiser.
Ne me dis pas non,
c'est si peu de chose !
Il fait tant de bien
Et ne coûte rien.

Au coin de ta bouche
Il murmure et passe ;
Dès qu'il a passé,
Il est effacé.
Même le bon Dieu
N'en voit pas la trace,
Même le bon Dieu
N'y voit que du feu.

Oh ! les doux baisers !
Tu pourras m'en prendre
Encore un ou deux 
Et vingt, si tu veux.
Si tu n'en veux pas,
c'est facile à rendre,
Si tu n'en veux pas,
Tu me les rendras.

Text Authorship:

  • by Marc Monnier (c1827 - 1885), "Le Baiser", appears in Poésies, in 2. Musiques, no. 1, Paris, Librairie Sandoz & Fischbacher, first published 1878 [author's text not yet checked 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 Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), "Le Baiser", subtitle: "Chansonnette", published [1881] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Édition G. Ricordi et C., also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Le Baiser" [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, recueil 1, no. 9, Paris, Édition "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Angelo Zanardini (1820 - 1893) ; composed by Luigi Denza.
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