The Guardian Angel | Watch over me when I awaken

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by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885)

Translation © by Amy Pfrimmer

L'ange gardien

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: DUT ENG SPA

Veillez sur moi, quand je m'éveille,
Bon ange, puisque Dieu l'a dit ;
Et chaque nuit, quand je sommeille
Penchez-vous sur mon petit lit.
Ayez pitié de ma faiblesse ;
A mes côtés marchez sans cesse,
[Parlez-moi le long du chemin ;]¹
Et pendant que je vous écoute,
De peur que je ne tombe en route,
Bon ange, donnez-moi la main.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Franck

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Confirmed with A. H. Mixer, A. M., Manual of French Poetry: With Historical Introduction, and Biographical Notices of the Principal Authors for the Use of the School and the Home, New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company, 1874, pages 347-348.

¹ omitted by Franck.

Text Authorship:

by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885), "L'ange gardien", first published <<1853 [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 César Franck (1822 - 1890), "L'ange gardien", CFF 165 no. 1, FWV 89 no. 1 (1864), published 1923 [ vocal duet or chorus and piano ], from 6 Duos pour voix égales, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Enoch [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Hansa Krijgsman) , "De engelbewaarder", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "The Guardian Angel", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Casasbellas) , "El angel de la guarda", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-20
Line count: 10
Word count: 60

The Guardian Angel

Language: English after the French (Français)

Watch over me when I awaken,
Good angel, since God has said it;
And each night when I am asleep
Incline over my little bed.
Have pity on my frailty;
Walk near me constantly, 
[Talk to me along the way;]¹
And while I listen to you,
For fear that I do not fall on my way,
Good angel, give me your hand.

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¹ omitted by Franck.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2024 by Amy Pfrimmer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885), "L'ange gardien", first published <<1853
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-05
Line count: 10
Word count: 63