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by Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182 - 1226)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by F. Poulenc)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français)  after the Italian - Medieval (Volgare) 
Our translations:  FIN
Ô mes très chers frères et mes enfants 
bénis pour toute l'éternité, 
écoutez moi, écoutez la voix de votre père:
Nous avons promis de grandes choses, 
on nous en a promis de plus grandes; 
Gardons les unes et soupirons après les autres;
Le plaisir est court, la peine éternelle. 
La souffrance est légère, la gloire infinie.
Beaucoup sont appelés, peu sont élus. 
Tous recevront ce qu'ils auront mérité. 
Ainsi soit-il.

Composition:

    Set to music by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), no title, FP 142 no. 4 (1948) [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Quatre petit prières de Saint François d’Assise, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in Italian - Medieval (Volgare) by Francis of Assisi, Saint (1182 - 1226) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Erkki Pullinen

This text was added to the website: 2018-09-11
Line count: 11
Word count: 70

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