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by Marc-André Fabre (1894 - 1959)

La prière
Language: French (Français) 
Seigneur, prends pitié de nous
Rends à nos cœurs l'espérance
Sauve la France qui, dans sa foi,
Prie à tes genoux.
Autrefois, pour briser le glaive
Dont nous menaçait l'ennemi
Tu nous envoyas Geneviève
Et la vierge de Domrémy.
Seigneur, prends pitié de nous
Abrège notre souffrance, sauve la France
Nous implorons tous à tes genoux.
Autrefois, pour briser le glaive
Dont nous menaçait l'ennemi
Tu nous envoyas Geneviève
Et la vierge de Domrémy.
Qu'à nouveau ta main nous conduise
Soumis au labeur obstiné
Vers l'avenir illuminé
Où jamais rien ne nous divise.
Seigneur, prends pitié de nous
Exaucez l'humble prière
Vois la misère de ton enfant
Qui pleure à tes genoux.
Seigneur, exaucez les prières ferventes
Qui montent vers vous
Nos cœurs brisés se désespèrent
Seigneur nous sommes à genoux
Seigneur, prends pitié de nous.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Marc-André Fabre (1894 - 1959) [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 André Gailhard (1885 - 1966), "La prière", from Ode à la France blessée, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-06-26
Line count: 28
Word count: 136

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