Wort, dem Allerhöchsten gleich

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by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Verbe égal au Très‑Haut

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG GER ITA

Verbe égal au Très-Haut,
notre unique espérance,
jour éternel de la terre et des cieux,
de la paisible nuit nous rompons le silence;
Divin Sauveur, jette sur nous les yeux;
répands sur nous le feu de ta grâce puissante
que tout l'enfer fuie au son de ta voix.
Dissipe le sommeil d'une âme languissante
qui la conduit à l'oubli de tes lois!
O Christ sois favorable à ce peuple fidèle
pour te bénir maintenant rassemblé;
reçois les chants qu'il offre
à ta gloire immortelle,
et de tes dons qu'il retourne comblé.

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Text Authorship:

by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699), "Verbe égal au Très-Haut" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Cantique de Jean Racine", op. 11 (1865), published 1876, orchestrated 1906 [ SATB chorus and organ or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ivo Zandhuis

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 91

Wort, dem Allerhöchsten gleich

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Wort, dem Allerhöchsten gleich,
unser einzig Hoffen,
Ewiges Licht der Welt und des Himmels,
In friedvoller Nacht erheben wir in der Stille unsere Stimmen:
Göttlicher Retter, richte deinen Blick auf uns.
Lass uns die Glut deiner übergroßen Gnade spüren,
Damit alles Böse beim Schall deiner Stimme flieht.
Vertreibe den Schlaf aus einer trägen Seele,
der sie verleitet, deine Gebote zu vergessen.
O Christus, erweise deine Gunst diesen, deinen Treuen
Die versammelt sind, dich nun zu lobpreisen;
Erhöre ihren Gesang,
der zu deinem ewigen Ruhm erschallt,
auf dass sie erfüllt von deinem Segen von dannen gehen.

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Translation of title "Canticle de Jean Racine" = "Canticum zur Matutin"

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Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2004 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in French (Français) by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699), "Verbe égal au Très-Haut"
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This text was added to the website: 2004-12-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 95