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La notation chiffrée (aussi appelée Jianpu, 简谱) note chaque son de la mélodie par un chiffre de 1 à 7 plutôt que par une note sur une portée. Le chiffre indique la position de la note dans la gamme du chant -- pas sa hauteur exacte -- de sorte que la même mélodie garde toujours la même apparence, quelle que soit la tonalité chantée.

Au sein d'une même octave, les chiffres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspondent aux syllabes familières do ré mi fa sol la si. Un point au-dessus d'un chiffre le fait monter d'une octave ; un point en dessous le fait descendre d'une octave -- l'absence de point correspond à l'octave médiane, telle qu'écrite.

Un chiffre seul dure un temps. Un tiret (-) juste après un chiffre prolonge cette même note d'un temps supplémentaire. Un trait sous un chiffre le raccourcit au contraire -- un trait vaut un demi-temps, deux traits un quart de temps. Un 0 est un silence : une pause d'un temps.

L'indication en haut de la partition, par exemple "1=C" ou "1=Ab", précise la hauteur du degré 1 (le "do"). Un chant en mineur porte plutôt l'indication "6=X" -- le degré 6 (le "la") est alors la véritable tonique. Les noms d'accords indiqués au-dessus des notes (comme "C" ou "G7") restent toujours écrits avec leurs noms de lettres habituels, jamais sous forme de chiffres.

Par exemple, sous l'indication "1=C", les chiffres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspondent aux notes C D E F G A B. Sous l'indication "1=G", ces mêmes chiffres correspondent plutôt à G A B C D E F# -- même forme, tonalité différente.

O God, unblessing and unblest

Longings For Breaking

English419
1
O God, unblessing and unblest,
A withered plant, but not at rest,
A useless cumberer I’m found
Upon Thy field, Thy purchased ground;
And yet I pray—“Do not forsake me,
But in Thy hand, O Savior, take me.
2
As women take unbroken flax,
As molders take unshapen wax,
As smith, the iron, rough and cold,
A useful instrument to mold,
So in Thy skillful hands, O take me,
And never let Thy love forsake me.
3
Like rock uncrushed, the stubborn will,
Though bearing gold is barren still;
Like marble in the quarry rough,
The natural heart is useless stuff;
And so, I pray—“Do not forsake me,
But with Thy hand, O Savior, break me.
4
As mortars crush the hardest rock,
As hammers break the stony block,
As millstones bruise the finest wheat,
As nuts are broken for their meat,
So with Thy mighty hand, O break me,
And never let Thy love forsake me.
5
Though crushed and broken, yet I’m nought
But fragments to the furnace brought;
Though bruised, I have no worth to feed
The multitudes that die in need;
And so, I pray—“Do not forsake me,
But meet for service, Savior, make me.
6
As into useful forms the ore
From molten scraps the molders’ pour;
As fire doth make the bruised wheat,
When mixed and molded, fit to eat;
So, fit for use by fire, O make me,
And never let Thy love forsake me.”

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Steve Miller

Detroit, Michigan, United States

août 6, 2025

I do not think it is wise or right to pray for God to break us, as in the end stanzas 2 & 3. I do not know of any prayer like that in the Bible, including the Psalms. If we pray for God to break us, then Satan can use that prayer to cause us needless severe suffering. The rest of the song is good. We should pray for God to make us fit for use, which may require suffering, but we should not pray for suffering. Let God decide how to make us fit for use.

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Maurice Ward

Columbus, Ohio, United States

nov. 2, 2022

I agree with you sister. Although I think it could go either way. If read the way it is written then it simply turns the Lord's word into a prayer which is quite good. I agree with the latter as well because it's that sentiment that brought me to this hymn. I was reading in Exodus 8, where v. 15 says that Pharaoh after seeing the respite (God was doing away with the plague of frogs) hardened his heart.

I said oh Lord, this is surely me. At any moment of respite it seems my heart becomes hardened once more towards the Lord. I am learning to pray Lord do not let me forsake Thee as much I am praising Him for never forsaking me. :)

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Michele Mensing

Waco, TX, United States

août 21, 2013

I agree with the prayer of this song, except I keep thinking the line that says "And never let Thy love forsake me" should read instead "And never let me, Lord, forsake Thee", because He said nothing can separate us from His love (Rom.835-39), and He will never fail or forsake us (Heb.13:5, and other verses).

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Clarence Cosmas Cobbold

Accra, Ghana

mars 7, 2012

Oh Lord I pray, let the words in this hymn be my daily experience. Do more of Your beating work, Your breaking work, Your shaping work, Your molding work in me. Amen.

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