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• 感情的鎖扣 {gan qing de suo kou} written by Jimmy Lo Chinese 1985
• Harhaa written by Juha Vainio Finnish 1970
• Bon voyage written by Jacques Larue French October 1957
• Ohne Liebe written by Camillo Felgen German 1970
• Senza amore written by Mogol , Astro Mari Italian October 1965
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感情的鎖扣 {gan qing de suo kou} written by Jimmy Lo Chinese

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Bon voyage written by Jacques Larue French

Ohne Liebe written by Camillo Felgen German

Senza amore written by Astro Mari , Mogol Italian

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Bon voyage Monsieur Dumollet

Last Updated:  21 February 2023

Bon voyage Monsieur Dumollet is a traditional French song with lyrics dating from the early 19th century.

The story of the song

Bon voyage Monsieur Dumollet refers to a popular song from a vaudeville by Marc Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers , Le départ pour Saint-Malo , created at the Théâtre des Variétés in 1809.

Marc Antoine Madeleine Desaugiers

The song quickly became popular and the author of the caricature depicted King Charles X as Monsieur Dumollet, leaving his city where he had "suffered a thousand and one torments". This echoed the year 1830 when king Charles X abdicated.

In 1892 Tchaikovsky transcribed it for his ballet The Nutcracker , along with another French classic rhyme, Cadet Rousselle .

The tune is still sung during the Dunkirk Carnival .

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The lyrics in French

The original song of Bon voyage Monsieur Dumollet has 4 verses and a chorus.

Bon voyage, Monsieur Dumollet, A Saint-Malo débarquez sans naufrage; Bon voyage, Monsieur Dumollet, Et revenez si le pays vous plaît.

Si vous venez voir la capitale, Méfiez-vous des voleurs, des amis, Des billets doux, des coups, de la cabale, Des pistolets et des torticolis.

Là vous verrez les deux mains dans les poches, Aller, venir des sages et des fous, Des gens bien faits, des tordus, des bancroches, Nul ne sera jambé si bien que vous.

Des polissons vous feront bien des niches, À votre nez riront bien des valets, Craignez surtout les barbets, les caniches, Car ils voudront caresser vos mollets.

L'air de la mer peut vous être contraire, Pour vos bas bleus les flots sont un écueil, Si ce séjour enfin, sait vous déplaire, Revenez-nous avec bon pied, bon œil !

Translation of the lyrics into English

Here is an approximative translation into English:

Bon voyage, Mister Dumollet, Disembark at Saint-Malo without being shipwrecked; Bon voyage, Mister Dumollet, And come back if you like the country.

If you come to see the capital, Beware of thieves, of friends, Of soft notes, of blows, of cabal, Of pistols and stiff neck.

There you will see both hands in the pockets, Come and go, wise men and fools, Well-made people, twisted people, wobbly people, No one will be so well off as you.

The rascals will make you many niches, At your nose will laugh many jacks, Especially fear the barbets, the poodles, For they will want to caress your calves.

The air of the sea can be contrary to you, For your blue stockings the waves are a reef, If this stay, finally, knows how to displease you, Come back to us with good foot, good eye!

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A la claire fontaine

Ah ! dis-moi donc bergère

Ah ! Les crocodiles

Ah ! vous dirai-je, maman

Ainsi font, font, font

Alouette, gentille alouette

Au clair de la lune

Au feu les pompiers

Au royaume de Diguedondaine

Auprès de ma blonde

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Blanc Blanc Blanc belle rose

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C'est la mère Michel

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Cadet Rousselle

Car c’est un bon camarade

Chère Élise

Chevaliers de la table ronde

Colchiques dans les prés

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J'ai un gros nez rouge

J'fais pipi sur le gazon

Je te tiens par la barbichette

Joyeux anniversaire

La bonne aventure ô gué

La danse des canards

La légende de saint Nicolas

Le bon roi Dagobert

Le carillon de Vendôme

Le facteur n'est pas passé

Le fermier dans son pré

Le temps des cerises

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Les filles de La Rochelle

Maman les p'tits bateaux

Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre

Meunier, tu dors

Mignonne allons voir si la rose

Mon père m'a donné un mari

Ne pleure pas Jeannette

Nous n'irons plus au bois

Ô gai, vive la rose

Passe passe passera

Pirouette Cacahuète

Plantons la vigne

Pomme de reinette et pomme d'api

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Promenons-nous dans les bois

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Bon voyage You mean, bon voyage I hate to say goodbye, sweetheart By the seashore You mean, sur la plage I'll sail and watch the sea Till you come back to me Oh, my dearie You mean, ma cherie I'm yours for life You mean, pour la vie So kiss me, pretty wench In English or in French Bon voyage, bon voyage Bon voyage You mean, bon voyage I hate to say goodbye, sweetheart By the seashore You mean, sur la plage I'll sail and watch the sea Till you come back to me Oh, my dearie You mean, ma cherie I'm yours for life You mean, pour la vie So kiss me, pretty wench In English or in French Bon voyage, bon voyage

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All About the Phrase “Bon Voyage” – and the Travel Habits of the French

French people have been wishing each other Bon voyage (Have a nice trip) for centuries. The saying is so common that it’s one of those French phrases that’s been adopted into other languages, including English .

Despite how frequently you might hear it, like any ultimate travel destination, bon voyage offers a lot more to discover than you might expect.

Let’s take a guided tour of Bon voyage  and learn about the travel habits of the French along the way!

What does bon voyage mean?

Bon voyage means “Have a good trip”. But as you can see, there aren’t quite as many words to it. Literally, it’s just “Good trip/voyage”.  So, how did we get there?

Wishes in French with bon(ne)(s)

Bon voyage is a shortened form of a phrase like Je vous souhaite un bon voyage. (I wish you a good trip.) or Fais bon voyage (Have a good trip.).

Both of these sentences are still used today, but they tend to be more formal (for the first) or uncommon (for the second).  This is because the French like to keep things brief, so why not just say it in two words?

Bon voyage isn’t the only phrase that expresses a wish like this. There’s a whole list of them, and you may know at least a few already.

These include:

• Bonne année  – Happy New Year
• Bonnes vacances – Have a nice vacation
• Bon appétit – Enjoy your meal
• Bonne journée / Bonne soirée – Have a nice day/evening
• Bon weekend – Have a nice weekend
• Bonne route – Have a good/safe drive
• Bon anniversaire – Happy birthday! This is a less common equivalent of Joyeux anniversaire .

You’ll frequently hear and see these phrases – and you may discover some others, as well. In French, you can add Bon , Bonne, Bons, or Bonnes to a noun (often a gerund (a noun that describes an action)) to say “Have a good….” or “Enjoy…”.

For instance, if you run into someone as you’re headed to the movies, they might tell you << Bon film !>> (“Enjoy the movie!”).

Or you could hear Bonne baignade ! (Have a nice swim!),  and so on.

The structure Bon(ne)(s) + noun works for so many situations, but it can be tricky for us non-native speakers sometimes. For instance, if you want to say “Enjoy the book!”, you can’t use the word livre (book); it would be Bonne lecture! (Happy reading!).

Expressing a complex wish, like “Have a nice day at work!” can also be confusing. You can’t just say Bon travail ! – that literally means “Good work/Good job!”. 

So, what can you do to be sure you get these phrases right?

Sometimes, using these expressions is something that will come from listening to and absorbing French.

Other times, you might be able to correct yourself if you realize you’re using an expression that already means something, as in the case of Bon travail . 

And when it comes to one of those complex wishes, like “Have a good day at work,” it’s probably best to just say it in a different way – it’s not a simple idea, after all.

So, “Have a good day at work” could be Passe une bonne journée au bureau! or in a more formal conversation, Je te/vous souhaite une bonne journ é e au bureau!

….Then again, since the French prefer to keep things concise, you could probably just say Bonne journ ée and leave it at that.

If this seems overwhelming, don’t worry. The phrases with bon(ne)(s) that I’ve listed, as well as a few others , are the most common ones, and are important to know. But if you feel unsure about using bon(ne)(s) + noun otherwise, remember that there are always other ways to say what you want.

For example, I could say «  J’esp è re que tu passeras une bonne journée au travail. » (I hope you’ll have a good day at work) or « J’esp ère que ce livre te plaira. »  (I hope you’ll like this book.). Just think about the meaning behind the wish.

Other ways to wish people well in French using bon(ne)(s)

The expressions we’ve just learned about translate to “Have a good____”. But there are some other expressions in French that use bon(ne)(s) to wish people well in a slightly different way.

In these cases, instead of talking about something concrete or expected, these expressions refer to things like luck or the future.

You’ve probably come across one of the most famous before:

Bonne chance – Good luck

Other common phrases like this include:

• Bonne continuation   – Keep it up! or Good luck with your future endeavors!
• Bon rétablissement – Get well soon
• Bon courage – Hang in there (Although this phrase isn’t necessarily as informal is “Hang in there,” and can be used in most situations)

There’s no major difference between these expressions and others like them , and the ones we looked at earlier, but there are two subtle ones you may come across:

• These well-wishes tend to stay in their original structure. Whether they’re stand-alone statements, or used in a longer phrase (ex: Je vous souhaite une  bonne continuation ), you wouldn’t replace Bon/Bonne with Super in any of these phrases.

• When you’re talking about events, like your continued career or your path back to health, you add un or une before bon/bonne when it’s used in a sentence, as you can see in the example in the previous paragraph. But when you talk about a totally abstract concept or feeling like luck or courage, you don’t use an article (ex: Je te souhaite bon courage. ) .

How to take bon voyage to the next level

Although you can’t add to or change the core phrases we saw in the last section, you can modify bon voyage and its closest cousins a bit.

Most of the time, Bon voyage is a perfectly normal way to wish someone a good trip. But maybe you want them to know you hope they have an EXTRA good trip.

In this case, you can add tr è s (very), like so: Passe(z) un tr è s bon voyage. or Je vous/te souhaites un tr è s bon voyage.

In informal situations, like when you’re talking to a friend, you could replace tr ès bon or just tr ès with super.  For example: Passe(z) un super voyage OR Passe(z) un super bon voyage.

For more formal situations, excellent would be a good replacement.  For example: Je vous souhaite un excellent voyage.

You’ve probably realized that when you add tr ès, super , or excellent , you can’t just use Bon voyage on its own, though.

Do the French say Bon voyage a lot?:  The French and travel

The average working French person gets five weeks of paid vacation a year, plus about a week’s worth of personal days. There are also a number of national holidays in France, and schools have two-week vacations every six weeks, plus two months of summer vacation. Train tickets are usually affordable, and low-cost airlines operate out of many French airports. So it’s no wonder that the French are among the nationalities that travel the most . 

Where and when do the French travel?

But where do they like to go?  It turns out that most French people tend to travel primarily within France .

Part of this can be explained by the French rail system, which is highly developed and fairly affordable. It’s easy to go to major cities or even small towns, and since many trains are high speed, a trip like that might only take a few hours. Add to this the wide range of landscapes to be found in mainland France alone – from the warm beaches of the Côte d’Azur, to the ski slopes of the Alps, to attractions in major cities like Paris. France is even home to Europe’s only Disney theme park.

And of course, many French people use at least some of their vacation time to visit family and friends who also live in France.

As for when the French travel, there are some traditions around that. But it turns out they don’t totally reflect reality.

For instance, French people typically go on their longest or even only vacation in summer. August is considered a month when everything shuts down (well, except in vacation/tourism destinations, of course). Entire businesses will close their doors because everyone is on vacation.

But with globalization, as well as new, strategic ways of thinking, that’s changed in recent years. According to recent statistics, 69% of the French population takes a summer vacation. But many companies have at least a few employees who stay behind in August – and those people aren’t always disappointed about it. Some French people prefer to work during this time because their offices are usually calmer since so many of their coworkers and bosses are away. They take a vacation another time – when most destinations will be less crowded and pricey, besides.

Similarly, in winter, especially during the winter school holidays, French people traditionally go on ski trips. And yet, it turns out that only 1 in 10 French people go skiing every year.

Part of these lower-than-expected numbers is due to cost. Not everyone can afford to travel – especially taking a ski trip, which involves a lot of expenses beyond room and board.

Which countries do the French travel to most?

Although France itself is the number-one travel destination for French people, the French do go abroad, as well. And when you think about it, with all of the vacation time they have, a majority of a French person’s travel might be national, but they might go beyond their borders for at least one of those trips.

The top countries visited by the French in 2019 include Spain, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt, and Russia, as well as Canada and the United States.

What do people think of French tourists?

All of this traveling has earned the French  a reputation in the hospitality and tourism industries, as well as with locals in certain places. The typical French tourist is known to be critical, curious, cheap, and seductive.

As some of the people interviewed in this article suggest , seemingly negative traits like being critical may also make them have a more in-depth travel experience. For instance, a tour guide in India explains that instead of saying that they like or don’t like an ice cream flavor, a French tourist will often ask about what’s in it.

They might also make suggestions for how its taste might be improved, which goes with another way the French are perceived: as comparing everything to how good it is or how much it costs back in France.

None of this is to say that the French are terrible tourists (even though they often joke about this amongst themselves). After all, tourists from every country have their good and bad points , and a lot of times it has to do with how well their culture meshes with the local one.

For what it’s worth, one thing I’ve noticed about French people who travel to other countries is that whether or not they complained or made comparisons to France on-site, they generally seem to see their experience as positive, even as a way to expand their knowledge and perspective on the world. Whether they spent a week sunbathing on a beach somewhere, or visited a new city or monument, they come home with a sense of having learned something, and (understandably) often nostalgia for the place they left.

This Egyptian tour guide agrees with me. She loves French tourists because [ i]ls sont très cultivés, ils s’intéressent aux monuments. Ils ne voyagent pas seulement pour prendre des photos (They’re very educated, they’re interested in monuments. They don’t travel just to take pictures.).”

A recent survey shows that 53% of French people see taking a vacation as important and something they’re willing to make sacrifices for.  In addition to self-care and getting away from it all, I think some of this could also be chalked up to wanderlust and a natural curiosity and fascination with other places.

Do you have a favorite place to travel? How about somewhere you dream of going – particularly in France? Whether you’re planning a trip or just armchair traveling, Bon voyage!

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You are in the right place to find out all the things you need to know about the basic sentence "Bon voyage". To be more specific, this includes a detailed explanation of what it is and how to use it in a normal conversation with an audio example. Along with the useful things we sprinkled like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio, synonyms and more!

French to English translation

Translation : Have a nice trip

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Audio pronunciation

IPA : / bɔ̃ vwajaʒ /

What does bon voyage mean?

It literally means:

• Voyage → Trip

It means "Have a good trip " or "Have a nice trip ". We use it when saying goodbye to someone (or a group of people) leaving for a trip, to wish a safe and nice time during the trip.

Cool thing: "bon voyage " is also used in English with the exact same meaning.

When you want to wish a safe and good trip to someone or a group of people, you can simply add "Bon voyage ". 

If you want to make a sentence out of it, you can say: "Fais bon voyage " (Have a nice/good trip). And for a formal version, use instead: "Je vous souhaite un bon voyage → I wish you a good/nice trip "

If the trip involves driving on the road, you can use "Bonne route → Have a nice (trip on the) road ". And if it's a flight: "Bon vol → Have a good/nice flight ".

Finally, if the trip is about going home, you can also use "Bon retour → Have a good/nice journey home ".

A little trick, if you add "bon(ne) " before a noun, it will mean: "enjoy *noun* " or "have a nice/good *noun* ".

Few examples:

• Bonne journée → Have a nice day
• Bon week-end → Have a nice weekend
• Bon appétit → Enjoy your meal
• Bonne visite → Enjoy your visit
• Bon match → Enjoy the game
• Je vous souhaite un bon voyage → I wish you a good/nice trip
• Fais bon voyage → Have a good/nice trip
• Bonne route → Have a nice (trip on the) road / Be safe on the road
• Bon vol → Have a good/nice flight
• Bon retour → Have a good/nice journey home

Example in a dialogue with French audio

Allez, on y va !

Come on, let's go!

Ça marche ! Bon voyage !

All right! Have a nice trip

Merci ! À plus tard !

Thanks! See you later!

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Expression: Bon voyage Pronunciation: [bo(n) vwa yazh] Meaning: have a good trip Literal translation: good trip Register : normal Notes: The expression bon voyage is used in both French and English to say goodbye to travelers and wish them well.

Related Expressions

• bonnes vacances - enjoy your vacation/holiday
• bonne route - safe journey, drive safely
• bon retour - safe journey home

In French, bon can be added to pretty much any noun to wish someone well:

• bon appétit - enjoy your meal
• bon match - enjoy the game, have a good game
• bonne promenade - have a nice walk, enjoy your walk
• bon vélo - have a nice bike ride, enjoy your bike ride
• bon week-end - have a nice weekend

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(Refrain) Bon voyage, Monsieur Dumollet, A Saint-Malo débarquez sans naufrage; Bon voyage, Monsieur Dumollet, Et revenez si le pays vous plaît. Si vous venez voir la capitale, Méfiez-vous des voleurs, des amis, Des billets doux, des coups, de la cabale, Des pistolets et des torticolis. (Refrain) Là vous verrez les deux mains dans les poches, Aller, venir des sages et des fous, Des gens bien faits, des tordus, des bancroches, Nul ne sera jambé si bien que vous. (Refrain) Des polissons vous feront bien des niches, À votre nez riront bien des valets, Craignez surtout les barbets, les caniches, Car ils voudront caresser vos mollets. (Refrain) L'air de la mer peut vous être contraire, Pour vos bas bleus les flots sont un écueil, Si ce séjour enfin, sait vous déplaire, Revenez-nous avec bon pied, bon œil !

Bon Voyage, Mister Dumollet

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(Chorus) Bon voyage, Mr. Dumollet*, Land without sinking at Saint-Malo, Bon voyage, Mr. Dumollet, And return if the country pleases you. If you come to see the capital, Beware of thieves, friends, Love letters, punches, plots, Guns and stiff necks. (Chorus) There you'll see hands in pockets, Coming and going, wise men and fools, People well-made, twisted and lame, No one will be as steady on their feet as you. (Chorus) Some rascals will fool you, To your face, many valets will laugh, Fear especially the water spaniels, the poodles, For they'll want to bite you on your calves. (Chorus) The sea air may be contrary to you, For your blue socks the waves are a pitfall, If this stay in the end displeases you, Return as fit as a fiddle! (Chorus)

*Dumollet translates literally as "of-the-calf" (leg calf).

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BON VOYAGE AND BUON VIAGGIO

Buon viaggio means have a good trip or have a good journey in Italian, just like bon voyage does in French. Buon means good in Italian, and viaggio means trip or journey , so buon viaggio literally means good trip , or good journey . 

In French, bon means good , and voyage means trip/journey , so the French bon voyage has the same construction and meaning as the Italian buon viaggio .

The pronunciation of buon viaggio is: boo-OHN vee-AH-jee-oh

Listen to how to pronounce buon viaggio here:

A: Domani vado in Spagna. Tomorrow I’m going to Spain. B: Davvero? Buon viaggio! Really? Bon voyage!

ANOTHER WAY TO SAY BON VOYAGE IN ITALIAN

You can also tell someone to explicitly have a good trip by using the Italian verb fare in the imperative form ( l’imperativo ), otherwise known as the command form. Fare means to make or to do , as well as to have in this context.

Fai buon viaggio! means Have a good trip! in the informal singular you form. Use it when speaking to someone you know well.

Faccia buon viaggio! means Have a good trip! in the formal singular you form. Use it when speaking to someone you don’t know well, an elder, or someone with superior social status.

Fate buon viaggio! means Have a good trip! in the plural you form. Use it when speaking to a group. 

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Buon isn’t just for trips! You can use the Italian word buon , or good , in a variety of situations, like to wish people a good day, a good weekend, a good vacation, a happy birthday , happy holidays , and much more. 

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