Quando leggo, e ho contemplato | Quando leggo, e ho contemplato

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by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Quand ie li, quand ie contemple

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ITA

Quand ie li, quand ie contemple
L'état de cet heureux temple
Que Christ en terre a planté,
Courant par le Monde enté

Sur l'ordure et la malice,
Ie devient triste et joyeux;
I'embrasse et chasse le vice;
Ie quitte et cherche les cieux.

Text Authorship:

by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591) [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 Paschal de l'Estocart (1539 - c1584), "Quand ie li, quand ie contemple", from Octonaires de la vanité du monde, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Quando leggo, e ho contemplato", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Quando leggo, e ho contemplato

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the French (Français)

Quando leggo, e ho contemplato
lo stato di questo felice tempio
che Cristo in terra ha fondato,
il mondo percorrendo

fra tanta  malvagità e sporcizia,
Io  triste e gioioso divento;
abbraccio Cristo e scaccio il vizio;
il Mondo abbandono e il Cielo cerco.

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a text in French (Français) by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 43