Woord, gelijk aan de Allerhoogste

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by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699)

Translation © by Lidy van Noordenburg

Verbe égal au Très‑Haut

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG GER ITA

Verbe égal au Très-Haut,
notre unique espérance,
jour éternel de la terre et des cieux,
de la paisible nuit nous rompons le silence;
Divin Sauveur, jette sur nous les yeux;
répands sur nous le feu de ta grâce puissante
que tout l'enfer fuie au son de ta voix.
Dissipe le sommeil d'une âme languissante
qui la conduit à l'oubli de tes lois!
O Christ sois favorable à ce peuple fidèle
pour te bénir maintenant rassemblé;
reçois les chants qu'il offre
à ta gloire immortelle,
et de tes dons qu'il retourne comblé.

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Text Authorship:

by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699), "Verbe égal au Très-Haut" [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Cantique de Jean Racine", op. 11 (1865), published 1876, orchestrated 1906 [ SATB chorus and organ or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ivo Zandhuis

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 91

Woord, gelijk aan de Allerhoogste

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the French (Français)

Woord, gelijk aan de Allerhoogste, 
onze enige hoop,
eeuwig daglicht van de aarde en de hemelen,
wij verbreken de stilte van de vredige nacht,
Goddelijke Redder, zie op ons neder;
laat op ons het vuur van Uw machtige genade nederdalen
opdat heel de hel wijken zal bij het geluid van Uw stem,
Verdrijf de slaap van een kwijnende ziel
die uw wetten doet vergeten!
O Christus, wees dit trouwe volk genadig,
dat nu is bijeen om U te loven.
Aanvaard de gezangen die opklinken 
tot Uw onsterfelijke glorie
Laat het volk vervuld van Uw gaven, heengaan.

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Translation of title "Cantique de Jean Racine" = "Cantique de Jean Racine"

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a text in French (Français) by Jean Racine (1639 - 1699), "Verbe égal au Très-Haut"
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 96