Les Sept Paroles de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ sur la Croix

Song Cycle by Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)

1. Filiae Jerusalem (Prélude)
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Filiae Jerusalem
Nolite flere super me
Sed super vos ipsas flete
Et super filios vestros.
Et venerunt in eum
qui dicitur Calvariae locum
Ibi crucifixerunt Jesum.

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2. Praeter euntes autem
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Praeter euntes autem
blasphemabant eum,
moventes capita sua.
Jesus autem dicebat :
Pater dimite illis
non enim sciunt quid faciunt.

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  • ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , "Before going however", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Marianne Zanettin) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Unus autem de his
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Language: Latin 
Unus autem de his
qui pendebant latronibus
dicebat ad Jesum :
« Domine memento mei,
cum veneris in regnum tuum ! »
Et dixit illi Jesus :
"Amen dico tibi :
Hodie mecum eris
in Paradiso. »

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  • FRE French (Français) (Marianne Zanettin) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. Cum vidisset ergo Jesus matrem
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Language: Latin 
Cum vidisset ergo Jesus matrem
et discipulum stantem quem diligebat
dicit matri suae : « Mulier, Ecce filius tuus. »
Deinde dicit discipulo : « Ecce mater tua. »

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5. Tenebrae factae sunt
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Tenebrae factae sunt 
super universam terram.
Et circa horam nonam
clamavit Jesus voce magna dicens :
« Eloi, Eloi lamma sabacthani ? »,
quod est interpretatum:
« Deux meus, Deus meus,
ut quid dereliquisti me ? »

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6. Postea sciens Jesus 
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Language: Latin 
Postea sciens Jesus 
quia omnia consummata sunt
ut consummaretur scriptura,
dixit: « Sitio. »

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7. Vas ergo erat positum aceto plenum
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Language: Latin 
Vas ergo erat positum aceto plenum.
Illi autem spongiam plenam aceto,
hysopo circumponentes,
obtulerunt ori ejus.
Cum ergo accepisset Jesus acetum, dixit:
« Consummatum est. »

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8. Pater, in manus tuas
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Pater, in manus tuas
commendo spiritum meum.

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  • ENG English (Valerie Luxieo) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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