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by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)

Cantique de la Vierge
 (Sung text for setting by A. Palma)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
À toute âme qui pleure,
à tout péché qui passe,
J'ouvre au sein des étoiles
mes mains pleines de grâces.

Il n'est péché qui vive
quand l'amour a parlé;
Il n'est d'âme qui meure
quand l'amour a pleuré...

Et si l'amour s'égare
aux sentiers d'ici-bas,
Ses larmes me retrouvent
et ne s'égarent pas...
First published in German in Sœur Béatrice, Mystère en Trois Actes, in the revue Die Insel, 1900; then in French in Théâtre, Book III, 1901; later in Quinze Chansons, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, 1900.

Composition:

    Set to music by Athos Palma (1891 - 1951), "Cantique de la Vierge"

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Cantique de la Vierge dans » Sœur Béatrice «", written 1896-1900, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 15, first published 1904

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

  • ENG English (David Fetter) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

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