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Chemin de Croix

Song Cycle by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886)

View original-language texts alone: Via Crucis

1. Einleitung

Language: Latin

Vexilla Regis prodeunt;
fulget Crucis mysterium,
Qua vita mortem protulit
Et morte vitam protulit.

 ... 

Impleti sunt que concinit
David fideli carmine,
dicendo nationibus:
regnavit a ligno Deus. 

 ... 

O Crux ave, spes unica,
hoc Passionis tempore!
piis adauge gratiam,
reisque dele crimina.
Amen.

Text Authorship:

by Venantius Fortunatus, Saint (c530 - c609)

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by Venantius Fortunatus, Saint (c530 - c609)

Language: French (Français)

Les étendards du roi s'avancent ;
Le mystère de la croix brille
Où la vie a produit la mort
Et la mort a produit la vie.

[ ... ]

Elles sont accomplies les choses qu'a annoncées
David dans un chant fidèle
En disant aux nations
Que Dieu régnerait à partir du bois.

[ ... ]

Ô croix, salut, espoir unique,
En ce temps de la passion !
Augmente la grâce des pieux
Et efface les fautes des accusés.

Text Authorship:

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Liszt's title would be "Introduction"

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Line count: 40
Word count: 215

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2. Statio I (Jesus wird zum Tode verdammt)

(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Innocens ego sum a sanguine justi hujus

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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2. Station I

Language: French (Français)

Moi je suis innocent du sang de ce juste.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to French (Français) by Guy Laffaille

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3. Statio II (Jesus trägt sein Kreuz)

(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Ave, ave crux !

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3. Station II

Language: French (Français)

Salut, salut ô croix !

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4. Statio III (Jesus fällt zum ersten Mal)

(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Jesus cadit.
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat filius.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [an adaptation]

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4. Station III / VII / IX

Language: French (Français)

Jésus tombe.
La mère pleine de douleurs était debout
Au pied de la croix en larmes
Quand son Fils y pendait.

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5. Statio IV (Jesus begegnet seiner heiligen Mutter)

— Tacet —

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Translation to English of title: "Station 4. Jesus greets his holy mother"

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6. Statio V (Simon von Kyrene hilft Jesus das Kreuz tragen)

— Tacet —

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Translation to English of title: "Station 5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus by carrying the cross"

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7. Statio VI (Sancta Veronica)

(Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch)

O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden,
Voll Schmerz und voller Hohn,
O Haupt, zum Spott gebunden
Mit einer Dornenkron',
O Haupt, sonst schön gezieret
Mit höchster Ehr' und Zier,
Jetzt aber höchst beschimpfet:
Gegrüßet sei'st du mir!

 ...

Text Authorship:

by Paul Gerhardt (1606 - 1676), "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"

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by Paul Gerhardt (1606 - 1676)

7. Station VI (Sainte Véronique)

Language: French (Français)

Ô tête couverte de sang et de blessures,
Pleine de douleurs et de moqueries !
Ô tête, liée par raillerie
Avec une couronne d'épines !
Ô tête,par ailleurs ornée
Avec les honneurs et les ornements les plus hauts,
Mais maintenant suprêmement injuriée,
Sois saluée par moi !

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8. Statio VII (Jesus fällt zum zweiten Mal)

(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Jesus cadit.
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat filius.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [an adaptation]

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8. Station III / VII / IX

Language: French (Français)

Jésus tombe.
La mère pleine de douleurs était debout
Au pied de la croix en larmes
Quand son Fils y pendait.

Text Authorship:

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9. Statio VIII (Die Frauen von Jerusalem)

(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Nolite flere super me, sed super
ipsas flete et super filios vestros !

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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9. Station VIII

Language: French (Français)

Ne pleurez pas sur moi, mais sur
vous-mêmes pleurez et sur vos fils !

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10. Statio IX (Jesus fällt zum dritten Mal)

(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Jesus cadit.
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat filius.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [an adaptation]

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10. Station III / VII / IX

Language: French (Français)

Jésus tombe.
La mère pleine de douleurs était debout
Au pied de la croix en larmes
Quand son Fils y pendait.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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11. Statio X (Jesus wird entkleidet)

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Translation to English of title: "Jesus is stripped"

11.

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12. Statio XI (Jesus wird ans Kreuz geschlagen)

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Language: Latin

Crucifige, crucifige !

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12. Station XI

Language: French (Français)

Crucifie-le, crucifie-le !

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13. Statio XII (Jesus stirbt am Kreuze)

(Sung text)

Language: Multiple Languages

Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani?
In manus tuas commendo
spiritum meum.
Consummatum est.

O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid,
Ist das nicht zu beklagen ?
Gott des Vaters einzigs Kind
Wird zu Grab getragen.
O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid !

Text Authorship:

by Johann Rist (1607 - 1667)

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by Johann Rist (1607 - 1667)

13. Station XII

Language: French (Français)

Seigneur, Seigneur, pourquoi m'as-tu abandonné ?
En tes mains je remets
mon esprit.
Tout est fini.

Ô tristesse, ô souffrance du cœur,
N'est-ce pas pour se lamenter ?
L'enfant unique de Dieu le Père
A été porté à la tombe.
Ô tristesse, ô souffrance du cœur !

Text Authorship:

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14. Statio XIII (Jesus wird vom Kreuz genommen)

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Translation to English of title: "Station 13. Jesus is taken off the Cross"

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15. Statio XIV (Jesus wird ins Grab gelegt)

(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Ave crux, spes unica
Mundi salus et gloria,
Auge piis justitiam,
Reisque dona veniam,
Ave crux !

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15. Station XIV

Language: French (Français)

Salut, croix, espoir unique
Salut et gloire du monde,
Augmente la justice pour les pieux
Et donne le pardon aux accusés,
Salut croix !

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Word count: 23