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)
Beata Maria, you know I am a righteous
man, of my virtue I am justly proud. Beata Maria, you know I'm so much purer
than the common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd. Then tell me, Maria, why I see
her dancing there, why her smold'ring eyes still scorch my soul ? I feel her, I
see her, the sun caught in raven hair is blazing in me out of all control...
Like fire, hellfire, this fire in my skin ! This burning desire is turning me
to sin ! It's not my fault, I'm not to blame, it is the gypsy girl, the witch who
sent this flame... if in God's plan he made the devil so much stronger than a
man. Protect me, Maria, don't let this siren cast her spell. Don't let her fire
sear my flesh and bone, destroy Esmeralda, and let her taste the fires of
hell... or else let her be mine and mine alone.
"I'll find her. I'll find her if I have to burn
down all of Paris."
Hellfire, dark fire, now gypsy, it's
your turn ! Choose me or your pyre, be mine or you will burn ! God, have mercy
on her... God, have mercy on me... But she will be
mine... Or she will burn.