To every soul that weeps

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by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)

Translation © by David Fetter

Cantique de la Vierge

(Sung text for setting by A. Palma)

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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:

Athos Palma

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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To every soul that weeps

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Palma)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

To every soul that weeps
To every sin inflicted
I extend in the stars 
My hands full of grace. 

No one lives who has not sinned 
When love spoke 
No one with a soul has not died 
When love wept. 

And if love strays
On the paths here below 
Its tears find me 
And do not stray.

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a text in French (Français) 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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