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Comme un ange gardien prenez-moi sous votre aile ; Tendez, en souriant et daignant vous pencher, À ma petite main votre main maternelle, Pour soutenir mes pas et me faire marcher ! Car Jésus le doux maître, aux célestes tendresses, Permettait aux enfants de s'approcher de lui ; Comme un père indulgent il souffrait leurs caresses, Et jouait avec eux sans témoigner d'ennui. Ô vous qui ressemblez à ces tableaux d'église Où l'on voit, sur fond d'or, l'auguste Charité Préservant de la faim, préservant de la bise Un groupe frais et blond dans sa robe abrité ; Comme le nourrisson de la Mère divine, Par pitié, laissez-moi monter sur vos genoux, Moi pauvre jeune fille, isolée, orpheline, Qui n'ai d'espoir qu'en Dieu, qui n'ai d'espoir qu'en vous !
Confirmed with Œuvres de Théophile Gautier, volume II: Poésies, Paris, Lemerre, 1890, page 58.
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Prière", appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845 [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 Gustave Collignon , "Prière", published 1893 [ soprano and piano ], from 3 Mélodies pour chant sur des poésies de Th. Gautier, no. 1, Paris, Locatelli & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anna François , "Prière", op. 31 no. 3, published 1898 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies sur des poèmes de Théophile Gautier, no. 3, Paris, G. Legouix [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865 - 1950), "Prière", c1885 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Rabaud (1873 - 1949), "Prière", published 1897 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Six mélodies pour chant avec accompagnement d'orchestre ou piano, no. 2, Paris, Enoch; note: appeared as number 3 in the manuscript [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Prière", 1886, published 1887 [ medium voice and piano ], Milan, also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Olindo Guerrini (1845 - 1916) ; composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti.
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Prayer", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Like a guardian angel take me under your wing. Smiling and deigning to lean over, reach out your motherly hand to take my little hand, to support my steps and make me walk! For Jesus the gentle master, with heavenly tenderness, allowed the children to approach him; like an indulgent father he accepted their caresses and played with them, showing no sign of boredom. Oh you who resemble those church paintings where one sees, on a golden background, the august figure of Charity saving from hunger, saving from stormy winds a group of fair-headed children sheltering in her robe; like the babe-in-arms of the divine Mother Mary, out of pity, let me climb up unto your knees, poor girl that I am, isolated, orphaned, whose only hope is in God, whose only hope is in you.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Prière", appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845
This text was added to the website: 2022-12-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 136