Oraison (Maeterlinck, set by E. Chausson) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Vous savez, Seigneur, ma misère! 
Voyez ce que je vous apporte
Des fleurs mauvaises de la terre
Et du soleil sur une morte...

Voyez aussi ma lassitude,
La lune éteinte et l'aube noire;
Et fécondez ma solitude
En l'arrosant de votre gloire.

Ouvrez-moi, Seigneur, votre voie,
Eclairez mon âme lasse
Car la tristesse de ma joie
Semble de l'herbe sous la glace.

Authorship

Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855-1899)

Serres Chaudes

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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