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by Louis de Courmont (1828 - 1900)

Mignonne
Language: French (Français) 
Quand écrit mignonne,
Reine Mab jamais ne dort,
Le caprice papillonne
Léger sous sa plume d'or,
Quand écrit mignonne.

Quand mignonne écrit,
L'amour lui sert de modèle,
La prose éclot et fleurit,
La muse est jalouse d'elle
Quand mignonne écrit.

Quand écrit mignonne,
Soudain le noir sur le blanc
Aux yeux éblouis rayonne,
Il se fait éclat brillant,
Quand écrit mignonne.

Quand mignonne écrit,
Le papier charmé lui-même,
S'anime sous son esprit,
Il parle, il chante, il dit : J'aime !
Quand mignonne écrit.

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis de Courmont (1828 - 1900), "Mignonne", appears in Feuilles au vent, in 1. Veilles d'amour, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Tresse, first published 1883 [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 (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Mignonne" [ voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, recueil 1, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 82

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