Songs

Ah! mon fils, sois béni! (Act II)

by Giacomo Meyerbeer From Le Prophète (1849)

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Ah! mon fils, sois béni! (Act II)
French source: Eugène Scribe

Ah ! Mon fils, sois béni !
Ta pauvre mère
Te fut plus chère
Que ta Berthe... que ton amour!
Ah ! Mon fils ! Ah ! mon fils !
Tu viens, hélas ! de donner pour ta mère
Plus que la vie, en donnant ton bonheur !...
Ah ! Mon fils ! Ah ! mon fils !
Que vers le ciel s'élève ma prière,
Et sois béni dans le Seigneur,
Mon fils, sois béni dans le Seigneur !...
Jean ! Ah ! sois béni !

Composer

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century.

Poet

Eugène Scribe

Augustin Eugène Scribe (24 December 1791 – 20 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist.

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