Wednesday, June 27, 2012

"A Little Fall of Rain" from "Les Misérables"

ÉPONINE
Don't you fret, M'sieur Marius,
I don't feel any pain.
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now.
You're here,
That's all I need to know.
And you will keep me safe.
And you will keep me close.
And rain will make the flowers grow.

MARIUS
But you will live, 'Ponine,
Dear God above.
If I could close your wounds with words of love.

ÉPONINE
Just hold me now and let it be.
Shelter me, comfort me.

MARIUS
You would live
A hundred years
If I could show you how.
I won't desert you now.

ÉPONINE
The rain can't hurt me now.
This rain will wash away what's past.
And you will keep me safe.
And you will keep me close.
I'll sleep in your embrace at last.
The rain that brings you here
Is heaven blessed.
The skies begin to clear
And I'm at rest.
A breath away from where you are,
I've come home from so far.
So don't you fret, M'seiur Marius,
I don't feel any pain.
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now.

MARIUS
I'm here.

ÉPONINE
That's all I need to know.
And you will keep me safe.
And you will keep me close.
And rain will make the flowers . . .

MARIUS
Grow.

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