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by Gustave Chouquet (1819 - 1886)

À Mignonne
Language: French (Français) 
Pour qui sera, Mignonne,
L'ondoyante couronne
De vos cheveux châtains?
Pour qui votre sourire,
Vos yeux où j'aime à lire,
Vos petits pieds mutins?

Pour qui tant de sveltesse,
Tant d'éclat de jeunesse
Et de charme vainqueur?
Par qui seront bercées,
Vos nuits et vos pensées?
Pour qui donc votre coeur?

Ah! que ce soit, Mignonne,
Pour qui t'aime et te donne
Les trésors de sa foi!
Pour qui vuet dans la vie,
Marcher, l'âme ravie,
Ton esclave ou ton roi!

Text Authorship:

  • by Gustave Chouquet (1819 - 1886) [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "À Mignonne", 1869, published 1869 [medium voice and piano], from Chants intimes, no. 2, Éd. G. Hartmann [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 81

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