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by (Henri René Albert) Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893)

Je cours après le bonheur !
Language: French (Français) 
Je cours après le bonheur !
Plus je cours, plus il va vite,
Mais ce bonheur qui m'évite...
Dis, dis, n'est-il pas dans cœur?

Je cherche la douce fièvre...
Mais elle me fuit toujours !...
Cette fièvre des amours,
N'est-elle pas... n'est-elle pas sur ta lèvre?..

Pour la trouver j'ai dessein
De baiser, ô ma farouche,
Et ton âme sur ta bouche...
Et ton cœur, ton doux cœur sur ton sein !...

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Massenet 

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First published in Saynètes et monologues, sixième série, Paris, Éd. Tresse, 1881.


Text Authorship:

  • by (Henri René Albert) Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893), no title, appears in Une répétition [comedy in one act], Scene 3, first published 1881 [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), "Je cours après le bonheur !", 1888?, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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