Claude-Michel Schönberg
Fantine’s Death
[FANTINE]
Cosette, it's turned so cold
Cosette, it's past your bedtime
You've played the day away
And soon it will be night
Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder
[VALJEAN]
Dear Fantine, Cosette will be here soon
Dear Fantine, she will be by your side
[FANTINE]
Come Cosette, my child, where did you go?
[VALJEAN]
Be at peace, be at peace evermore
[FANTINE]
My Cosette—
[VALJEAN]
Shall live in my protection
[FANTINE]
Take her now
[VALJEAN]
Your child will want for nothing
[FANTINE]
Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven
Tell Cosette I love her and I'll see her when I wake