Christus

Oratorio by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886)

1. Einleintung [sung text checked 1 time]

Rorate cæli desuper,
et nubes pluant iustum:
aperiatur terra,
et germinet Salvatorem.

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2. Pastorale [sung text checked 1 time]

Angelus Domini ad pastores ait:
Nolite timere! annuncio vobis 
gaudium magnum, quia natus est 
vobis hodie Salvator mundi,
alleluja.
Facta est cum Angelo multitudo caelestis exercitus
laudantium Deum et dicentium:
Gloria in excelsis Deo
et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pastorale", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli) , "Pastorale"

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3. Stabat mater speciosa [sung text checked 1 time]

1. Stabat Mater speciosa
Iuxta foenum gaudiosa
Dum iacebat parvulus

2. Cuius animam gaudentem
Laetabundam et ferventem
Pertransivit iubilus

3. O quam laeta et beata
Fuit illa immaculata
Mater unigeniti!

4. Quae gaudebat et ridebat,
Exultabat cum videbat
Nati partum incliti

5. Quis est, qui non gauderet,
Christi Matrem si videret
In tanto solacio?

6. Quis non posset collaetari,
Piam Matrem contemplari
Ludentem cum Filio?

7. Pro peccatis suae gentis
Vidit Iesum cum iumentis,
Et algori subditum.

8. Vidit suum dulcem natum
Vagientum adoratum
Vili diversorio

9. Nati Christus in praesepe
Coeli cives canunt laete
Cum immenso gaudio

10. Stabat senex cum puella
Non cum verbo nec loquela
Stupescentes cordibus

11. Eia Mater, fons amoris
Me sentire vim ardoris
Fac, ut tecum sentiam

12. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
In amando Christum Deum
Ut sibi complaceam

13. Sancta Mater, istud agas,
Pone nostro ducas plagas
Cordi fixas valide.

14. Tui nati coelo lapsi,
Iam dignati foeno nasci,
Poenas mecum divide.

15. Fac me tecum congaudere
Iesulino cohaerere
Donec ego vixero

16. In me sistat ardor tui
Puerino fac me frui
Dum sum in exilio

17. Hunc ardorem fac communem,
Ne me facias immunem,
Ab hoc desiderio.

18. Virgo virginum praeclara,
Mihi iam non sis amara
Fac me parvum rapere

19. Fac, ut portem pulchrum fortem
Qui nascendo vicit mortem,
Volens vitam tradere.

20. Fac me tecum satiari,
Nato tuo inebriari,
Stans inter tripudia

21. Inflammatus et accensus
Obstupescit omnis sensus
Tali decommercio.

22. Fac me [nato]1 custodiri
[Verbo]2 Christi praemuniri
[Conservari]3 gratia

23. Quando corpus morietur,
Fac, ut animae donetur
Tui nati vis

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mère magnifique se tenait", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Eitner) , "Stabat mater speciosa"

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1 Pergolesi: "cruce"
2 Pergolesi: "Morte"
3 Pergolesi: "Confoveri"

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4. Hirtenspiel an der Krippe 

Subtitle: Pastorale

— Tacet —

5. Die heiligen drei Könige (Marsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Et ecce stella, quam viderant 
in Oriente, antecedebat eos.

Apertis thesauris suis obtulerunt Magi Domino
aurum, thus et myrrham.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les trois rois mages (Marche)", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli) , "Die heiligen drei Könige"
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli) , "Die heiligen drei Könige"

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6. Die Seligpreisungen [sung text checked 1 time]

Beati pauperes spiritu,quoniam
ipsorum est regnum caelorum.

Beati mites, quoniam ipsi possidebunt terram.

Beati, qui lugent, quoniam ipsi consolabuntur.

Beati, qui esuriunt et sitiunt justitiam,
quoniam ipsi saturabuntur.

Beati misericordes,
quoniam ipsi misericordiam consequentur.

Beati mundo corde,
quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt.

Beati pacifici,
quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur.

Beati, qui persecutionem patiuntur propter justitiam,
quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les béatitudes", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli) , "Die Seligpreisungen"

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7. Pater noster [sung text checked 1 time]

Pater noster, Qui [es in cælis]1,
sanctificetur nomen Tuum;
[adveniat]2 regnum tuum;
fiat voluntas tua,
sicut in cælo et in terra.
Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie;
et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
sicut et nos [dimittimus]3 debitoribus nostris;
et ne [nos inducas]4 in tentationem;
sed libera nos a malo. Amen.

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1 Honkanen: "in cælis es"
2 Honkanen: "veniat"
3 Honkanen: "dimisimus"
4 Honkanen: "inducas nos"

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8. Die Gründung der Kirche [sung text checked 1 time]

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Tu es Petrus et super hanc
petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam,
et portae inferi non praevalebunt.

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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Jij bent Petrus"
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "You are Peter and upon this rock", subtitle: "You are Peter", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli)

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Simon Joannis diligis me?
Pasce agnos meos.
Pasce oves meos.

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9. Das Wunder [sung text checked 1 time]

Et ecce motus magnus factus est in mari, 
ita ut navicula operiretur fluctibus; 
ipse vero dormiebat. 
Et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus 
et suscitaverunt eum dicentes: 
Domine salva nos, perimus. 
Et dicit eis Jesus:
Quid timidi estis modicae fidei? 
Tunc surgens imperavit ventis et mari, 
et facta est tranquillitas magna.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le miracle", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli) , "Das Wunder"

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10. Der Einzug in Jerusalem [sung text checked 1 time]

Hosanna, benedictus qui venit 
in nomine Domini, rex Israel.

Benedictus qui venit Rex in nomine Domini, 
pax in caelo et 
gloria in excelsis. 

Hosanna Filio David, benedictus 
qui venit in nomine Domini.

Benedictum quod venit Regnum patris nostri David; 
hosanna in altissimis.

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'entrée à Jérusalem", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli) , " Der Einzug in Jerusalem"

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11. Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem [sung text checked 1 time]

Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem; 
pater si possibile est, 
transeat a me calix iste, 
sed non quod ego volo, 
sed quod tu. 

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12. Stabat mater dolorosa [sung text checked 1 time]

1 Stabat Mater dolorosa
Iuxta crucem lacrimosa
dum pendebat Filius.
 
2. Cuius animam gementem,
contristatam et dolentem,
pertransivit gladius.
 
3. O quam tristis et afflicta
fuit illa benedicta
Mater Unigeniti.
 
4. Quæ mœrebat et dolebat,
Pia Mater cum videbat
Nati pœnas incliti.
 
5. Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Matrem Christi si videret
in tanto supplicio?
 
6. Quis non posset contristari,
Christi Matrem contemplari
dolentem cum Filio?
 
7. Pro peccatis suæ gentis
vidit Iesum in tormentis
et flagellis subditum.
 
8. Vidit suum dulcem natum
moriendo desolatum,
dum emisit spiritum.
 
9. Eia Mater, fons amoris,
me sentire vim doloris
fac, ut tecum lugeam.
 
10. Fac ut ardeat cor meum
in amando Christum Deum,
ut sibi complaceam.
 
11. Sancta Mater, istud agas,
Crucifixi fige plagas
cordi meo valide.
 
12. Tui nati vulnerati,
tam dignati pro me pati,
pœnas mecum divide.
 
13. Fac me vere tecum flere,
Crucifixo condolere,
donec ego vixero.
 
14. Iuxta crucem tecum stare,
et me tibi sociare
in planctu desidero.
 
15. Virgo virginum præclara,
mihi iam non sis amara:
fac me tecum plangere.
 
16. Fac ut portem Christi mortem,
passionis fac consortem,
et plagas recolere.
 
17. Fac me plagis vulnerari,
fac me cruce inebriari,
et cruore Filii.
 
18. Flammis ne urar succensus
per te Virgo, sim defensus
in die judicii.
 
19. Christe, cum sit hinc exire,
da per Matrem me venire
ad palmam victoriae.
 
20. Quando corpus morietur,
fac ut animæ donetur
Paradisi gloria. Amen

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  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Stabat mater"
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The sorrowful mother", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mère pleine de douleurs", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Eitner) , "Stabat mater dolorosa"

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13. O Filii et Filiae (Osterhymne) [sung text checked 1 time]

O Filii et Filiae!
Rex caelestis, rex gloriae, 
Morte surrexit hodie. 
Alleluia! 

Et Maria Magdalene, 
Et Jacobi et Salome 
Venerunt corpus ungere. 
Alleluia! 

A Magdalena moniti,
Ad ostium monumenti
Duo currunt Discipuli. 
Alleluia!

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô jeunes gens et jeunes filles (Hymne pascal)", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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14. Resurrexit [sung text checked 1 time]

Resurrexit tertia die: 
Christus vincit; 
Christus regnat; 
Christus imperat 
In sempiterna saecula. 
Amen!

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Il est ressuscité", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Total word count: 841