Thaïs, Act 3: O messager de Dieu
Jules Massenet
O messenger of God,
So good in your roughness,
Be blessed, you who opened heaven for me!
My flesh bleeds,
And my soul is full of joy,
A light air bathes my burning forehead.
Fresher than the spring water,
Softer than a honeycomb,
Your thought is sweet and salutary in me,
And my spirit, cleared from the earth
Floats already in this immensity!
Most venerated father, be blessed!
