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Translation © by Grant Hicks

O grand Dieu, je tends vers toi mes...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

O grand Dieu, je tends vers toi mes mains.
Je te fais cent mille prières.
O grand Dieu, je te demande trois grâces :
L'amour des jeunes filles, la vaillance dans les combats,
Et le pardon au jour de la résurrection.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Jaubert

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Maurice Jaubert (1900 - 1940), "O grand Dieu, je tends vers toi mes mains", from Chants sahariens: Cinq Poèmes touareg, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "O great God, I raise my hands to you", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 40

O great God, I raise my hands to you

Language: English after the French (Français)

O great God, I raise my hands to you. 
I make to you a hundred thousand prayers.
O great God, I ask of you three favors:
The love of young women, courage in battle, 
And forgiveness on the day of resurrection.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-08
Line count: 5
Word count: 41