QUASIMODO

So many times out here

I've watched a happy pair

Of lovers walking in the night

They had a kind of glow around them

It almost looked like heaven's light



I knew I'd never know

That warm and loving glow

Though I might wish with all my might

No face as hideous as my face

Was ever meant for heaven's light



But suddenly an angel has smiled at me

And kissed my cheek without a trace of fright



I dare to dream that she

Might even care for me

And as I ring these bells tonight

My cold dark tower seems so bright

I swear it must be heaven's light



PRIESTS

Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti (I confess to God almighty)

Beatae Mariae semper Virgini (To blessed Mary ever Virgin)

Beato Michaeli archangelo (To the blessed archangel Michael)

Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis (To the holy apostles, to all the saints)



FROLLO

Beata Maria

You know I am a righteous man

Of my virtue I am justly proud



PRIESTS

Et tibit Pater (And to you, Father)



FROLLO

Beata Maria

You know I'm so much purer than

The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd



PRIESTS

Quia peccavi nimis (That I have sinned)



FROLLO

Then tell me, Maria

Why I see her dancing there

Why her smold'ring eyes still scorch my soul



PRIESTS

Cogitatione (In thought)



FROLLO

I feel her, I see her

The sun caught in raven hair

Is blazing in me out of all control



PRIESTS

Verbo et opere (In word and deed)



FROLLO

Like fire

Hellfire

This fire in my skin

This burning

Desire

Is turning me to sin



It's not my faul