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Senow Music Sheet No. 128
セノオ楽譜一二八番 歌劇プロフェット ああわが子よ
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Oh My Son (Aa waga ko yo) [Ah, mon fils] from the opera The Prophet (Kageki Purofetto) [Le Prophete]
Senow Music Sheet No. 128
セノオ楽譜一二八番 歌劇プロフェット ああわが子よ
Designer: Takehisa Yumeji (Japanese, 1884 – 1934)
Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer (German, 1791 – 1864)
Lyricist: Giacomo Meyerbeer (German, 1791 – 1864)
Translator: Futami Kōhei (Japanese, 1885 – 1970)
Publisher: Seno'o ongaku shuppansha (Japanese)
Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer (German, 1791 – 1864)
Lyricist: Giacomo Meyerbeer (German, 1791 – 1864)
Translator: Futami Kōhei (Japanese, 1885 – 1970)
Publisher: Seno'o ongaku shuppansha (Japanese)
Japanese
Taishô era
1924 (Taishô 13), April 1, 2nd edition; 1st edition 1919 (Taishô 8), March 15
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 30 × 22.2 cm (11 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1121.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
Descriptionwith French and adapted Japanese Lyrics
Translation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
“Poor thing! my son, When I look at you,
My heart, is entangled in love for you.
My son, my son, Ah, ah, for me, you
Sacrificing your love, grieving alone.
God in Heaven, Please listen to,
My request, my prayer.
God, gaze upon, My dear son,
Poor thing, my dear, Poor thing, my son
Grant him many blessings, oh, God,
Jean, ah, my son."
Translation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
“Poor thing! my son, When I look at you,
My heart, is entangled in love for you.
My son, my son, Ah, ah, for me, you
Sacrificing your love, grieving alone.
God in Heaven, Please listen to,
My request, my prayer.
God, gaze upon, My dear son,
Poor thing, my dear, Poor thing, my son
Grant him many blessings, oh, God,
Jean, ah, my son."
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)