Come To Me (fantine's Death) Lyrics - Les Miserables (1987 Original Broadway Cast) - Alain Boublil

(Fantine is lying in a hospital bed, deliriously dreaming of her daughter Cosette.) 

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. 

Hurry near, another day is dying 

Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying? 

There's a darkness which comes without a warning 

But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning. 

(Valjean enters.) 

Valjean 

Oh, Fantine, our time is running out 

But Fantine, I swear this on my life 

Fantine 

Look, M'sieur, where all the children play 

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. 

Valjean 

And none will ever harm Cosette 

As long as I am living. 

Fantine 

Take my hand, 

The night grows ever colder. 

Valjean 

Then I will keep you warm. 

Fantine 

Take my child, I give her to your keeping. 

Valjean 

Take shelter from the storm 

Fantine 

For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping 

And tell Cosette I love her 

And I'll see her when I wake... 

(She dies with a smile; Javert arrives.)