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by Édouard Guinand (1838 - 1909)

Récit et air de Siméon: "Mon fils est revenu"
 (Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ITA
 Faites silence!... Écoutez tous!...
 Allez par les champs, allez sur la place;
 Frappez la cymbale et le tambourin!
 Dites en mon nom à celui qui passe:

AIR
 "Plus de vains soucis, plus de noir chagrin,
 Que tout soit en joie!
 Le ciel nous envoie un bienfait à peine rêvé:
 Celui que sans cesse pleurait ma vieillesse,
 L'enfant prodigue est retrouvé!"

 Remplissez l'amphore, tuez le veau gras!...
 Puisque avant de mourir je te revois encore,
 Viens, mon fils, dans mes bras!...

Composition:

    Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Récit et air de Siméon: "Mon fils est revenu"", L. 61/(57) no. 8 (1884), first performed 1884 [ baritone and orchestra ], from cantata L'enfant prodigue, no. 8

Text Authorship:

  • by Édouard Guinand (1838 - 1909)

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

  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Recitativo e aria di Simeone: "E' tornato mio figlio"", copyright © 2013, (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: 13
Word count: 81

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