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by René Morax (1873 - 1963)

Prière
Language: French (Français) 
Seigneur Dieu de mes pères
écoute moi et viens à mon secours
Je ne suis rien qu'une humble créature
mais tu entends la prière des faibles
Seigneur lève ton bras comme aux siècles passés
abats leur force écrase leur puissance
que l'orgueil de cet homme éprouve ta colère
Donne à mes yeux la splendeur du désir
fais que son coeur se trouble à mon sourire
et qu'il se prenne à mes douces paroles
car je suis femme et faiblesse est mon arme
Sauve mon peuple avec ton sanctuaire
Je suis l'offrande et je suis la victime
Tu es le Dieu du Ciel et de la Terre
le seul Dieu l'Eternel.

Text Authorship:

  • by René Morax (1873 - 1963), appears in Judith [author's text not yet checked 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 Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Prière", H. 57 (1925) [ high voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 110

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