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Que m'arrivera-t-il aujourd'hui, ô mon Dieu ? Je n'en sais rien. Tout ce que je sais, c'est qu'il ne m'arrivera rien que vous [n'ayez réglé, prévu]1 ou ordonné de toute éternité : cela me suffit, ô mon Dieu, cela me suffit. J'adore vos decrets éternels et impénétrables ; je m'y soumets de tout mon cœur pour l'amour de vous ; je veux tout, j'accepte tout, je vous fais [le]2 sacrifice de tout, [et j'unis]3 ce sacrifice à celui de Jésus-Christ, mon divin Sauveur ; je vous demande, en son nom et par ses mérites, la patience dans mes peines et la soumission parfaite qui vous est due pour tout ce que vous voulez ou [permettez]4. Ainsi soit-il.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Le Livre des jeunes Congréganistes de la Sainte Vièrge par le P. A. Maurel, S. J., Dijon, E. Pellion, 1865, page 402. This is a prose text; line breaks have been added to make it fit on the page. Note provided by Garrett Medlock: this text was ostensibly written by the sister of King Louis XVI, Madame Élisabeth de France (1764-1794) while imprisoned in the Temple Tower before her execution during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
1 Brouard: "ne l'ayez prévu, réglé"2 Brouard: "un"
3 Brouard: "j'unis"
4 Brouard: "ordonnez"
Text Authorship:
- by Élisabeth de France (1764 - 1794), "Prière de Madame Élisabeth de France" [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 Carmen Brouard (1909 - 2005), "Prière de Madame Elizabeth à sa prison", 1934 [ medium voice and piano ], from Reflets d'âme, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Prayer of Madame Elizabeth in her prison", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-19
Line count: 13
Word count: 117
What will happen to me today, oh my God, I know nothing of. All I know is that nothing will happen to me that you have not [predicted]1 or ordained [for] all eternity. That is enough for me, oh my God, that is enough for me. I adore your eternal and impenetrable decrees; I there submit myself with all my heart for your love's [sake]; I desire all, I accept all, I sacrifice everything to you, and I join this sacrifice with that of Jesus Christ, my divine Savior; and I ask You in his name and by its merits, patience within my sorrows and the perfect submission which you are owed for everything which you desire and [allow to come to pass]2. Amen.
1 Brouard: "predicted, resolved"
2 Brouard: "ordain"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2020 by Garrett Medlock, (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 Élisabeth de France (1764 - 1794), "Prière de Madame Élisabeth de France"
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 127