88 - SAGAN (Françoise). Autograph poem titled “Toi qui t’en va[s].” Several versions and drafts, totaling approximately 8 folio pages with cross-outs and corrections.

SAGAN (Françoise). Autograph poem titled “Toi qui t’en va[s].” Several versions and drafts, totaling approximately 8 folio pages with cross-outs and corrections. “TOI QUI T’EN VAS,” A SONG PERFORMED BY MARCEL MOULOUDJI AND ANNABEL BUFFET, released in 1957 under the title “LES JOURS PERDUS,” on the albums *Mouloudji chante Françoise Sagan* and *Annabel chante Françoise Sagan*. Françoise Sagan composed several songs in collaboration with composer Michel Magne, whom she met around 1955 in a cabaret. They wrote for Annabel Buffet, Juliette Gréco, and Marcel Mouloudji. This autograph manuscript documents the work Françoise Sagan did to develop this song, which consists of two verses and a chorus. It includes the final version of the song, three versions with variations of the first verse, four versions with variations of the second verse, one version with variations of the chorus, as well as early drafts in which ideas from the verses and the chorus are still intermingled. “Our love—which you know, Which I know is temporary— Becomes a heavy net When you laugh in the dark, Saying without knowing Those tender, light words— Golden fish of the past That the other one used to whisper, Cheek to cheek, Leaning in. You who are leaving With the same stride That led you Toward me Remember that you will never have known How to make up for the days lost...” Manuscript enhanced with an original portrait of Annabel Buffet signed “J. Champreux” and dated October 10, 1955 (graphite pencil, 15.5 x 5.2 cm). This is likely the actor, screenwriter, and director Jacques Champreux, who was also the grandson of Louis Feuillade.