by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
Translation by Charles Fonteyn Manney (1872 - 1951)

O maître de tout
Language: French (Français) 
O maître, maître, de tout, O néant!
Toi, de qui sont sortis les mondes,
Toi, par qui les forêts profondes
Voient briser le cêdre géant.
Toi, dont la foudre est la compagne,
Tu peux sur moi venger les Dieux.
Je suis le cêdre déja vieux,
Frappe l'arbre sur la montagne.
Mais, ne va pas sous les jours clairs,
Sous les nuits par les ombres closes
Faucher la jeunesse des roses,
Avec le tranchant des éclairs.

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O mighty one
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
O Mighty One, Master of all, O Eternal!
By thy will the worlds were created,
At thy voice in forest primeval
Lies shatter'd the mighty cedar.
Thou, who in wrath art arm'd with the thunder,
On me alone let vengeance fall.
Strong is the cedar, strong am I,
Strike alone the tree on the mountain.
But in mercy, bid thy dart spare
Where the night with her wings encloses
Fondly the springtime of roses,
And where the sun-bright day is fair.

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


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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 81