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by François Villon (1431 - 1463)

Bon jour, bon an, bonne semaine
Language: French (Français) 
Bon jour, bon an, bonne semaine, 
Honneur, santé, joye prochaine, 
Perseverer de bien en mieulx 
Et joye d'amours vous doint Dieux ;
Ce jour present, en bonne estraine,
Dame belle trop plus qu'Helaine ;
Tousjours d'argent la bourse plaine ;
Vivre longtemps sans estre vieulx ;
Bon jour, bon an, bonne semaine.

Après ceste vie mondaine,
Avoir la joye souveraine :
De là ravis lassus ès cieulx,
Où nous nous puissions veoir joyeux 
Sans jamais sentir grief ne paine ;
Bon jour, bon an, bonne semaine. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Oeuvres complètes de François Villon, Paris, Garnier Frères, 1879, page 218.


Text Authorship:

  • by François Villon (1431 - 1463), "Rondel" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Jacques Chailley (1910 - 1999), "Vœux", 1934, published [1944] [ high voice and piano ], from Trois poésies de François Villon, no. 1, Éd. Costallat Lucien de Lacour [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean Hubeau (1917 - 1992), "Bon jour, bon an", 1936, published 1948 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Rondels attribués à Françoys Villon, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Pierre Noël [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-10
Line count: 15
Word count: 80

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