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La Memoire d'Abraham

I was trying to figure out how "Abraham" (the Biblical patriarch) is pronounced in French, and I ran across this song by Celine Dion, which, from what I can gather, is about him. Can somebody translate it? It's just a few stanzas.


Juste une prière avant d'obéir
A l'ordre des choses et de nos pères
Avant de partir

Juste une autre vie sauvée de l'oubli
Gravée bien mieux que par une larme
Dans la mémoire d'Abraham

Longue l'attente de l'heure
Lourde la peine en nos coeurs
Mais si grands notre amour notre foi en toi
Et difficile de te comprendre parfois

Que sera demain nos destins plus loin?
Un peu de paix d'amour et de pain
Au creux de tes mains

Longue l'attente de l'heure
Lourde la peine en nos coeurs
Mais si grands notre amour notre foi en toi
Et difficile de te comprendre parfois

Conduis nos enfants pour la fin des temps
Remplis de plus de joies que de larmes
La mémoire d'Abraham

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GRAND MERCI!!
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