The three prayers | At the hour when our least-proud spirit

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by Emmanuel Des Essarts (1839 - 1909)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Les trois Prières

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

À l'heure où notre esprit moins fier
S'incline comme un Roi prophète,
Je mets mon coeur dans un Pater,
Pour que ta volonté soit faite.

Ô mon cher oiseau bleu rêvé,
Enfant gardienne et bon génie,
Je mets mon coeur dans un Ave,
Pour que tu sois la plus bénie.

Et comme en une coupe d'eau
Se penche la fleur ranimée,
Je mets mon coeur dans un Credo,
Pour que tu sois la plus aimée.

Text Authorship:

by Emmanuel Des Essarts (1839 - 1909) [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 Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Les trois Prières", 1881 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Cayetano Troiani (1873 - 1942), "Les trois prières", published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies, no. 10, G. Ricordi e C. [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The three prayers", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 75

The three prayers

Language: English after the French (Français)

 At the hour when our least-proud spirit
 bows like a Prophet-King, 
 I put my heart into a Pater 
 that thy will be done.
 
 Dear bluebird of my dreams,
 guardian child and good genius, 
 I put my heart into an Ave 
 that thou shouldst be the most blessèd.
 
 And as in a goblet of water
 the newly-revived flower bends, 
 I put my heart into a Credo 
 that thou shouldst be the most belovèd.

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a text in French (Français) by Emmanuel Des Essarts (1839 - 1909)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 73