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sometimes misattributed to Émilien Pacini (1810 - 1898)

La nuit de Noël
Language: French (Français) 
Vecchio:
 Calme et sans voile 
 descend la nuit,
 Suivons l'étoile 
 qui nous conduit.

 Là dans la créche 
 fils du Seigneur,
 sur l'herbe fraîche 
 dort le Sauveur.

Otto pastori:
 Humble pâtres des montagnes,
 descendons dans ces campagnes,
 nos enfants et nos compagnes,
 venez tous, adoremus!

 Le Rois Magnes sont venus
 Rendre hommage à Jésus.
 Jour prospère pour nous tous !

 En prière, à genoux!
 Cet infant dans l'humble crèche,
 Endormi sur l'herbe fraîche,
 C'est Jésus, adoremus !

Vecchio:
 Ô peuple admire ce Dieu mortel.

Pastori:
 Le zéphire qui soupire
 Semble dire un chant du ciel.
 Brûlons la myrrhe comme à l'autel.
 Les Rois Mages sont venus...
 ...En prière, à genoux!

Tutti:
 Devant Dieu prosternons-nous!
 Peuple et Mages à genoux
 Devant Dieu prosternez-vous!

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Émilien Pacini (1810 - 1898) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "La nuit de Noël" [bass, 2 sopranos, 2 contraltos, 2 tenors, 2 baritones with piano and harmonium], from the collection Péchés de vieillesse, Vol II: Album français, no. 6. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 33
Word count: 119

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