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Translation © by Grant Hicks

J'adore humblement les actes du...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

J'adore humblement les actes du Très-Haut
Qui a donné au violon mieux qu'une âme
Au point que dès qu'il joue les hommes se taisent
Et que leurs mains rabattent leur voile
Pour cacher leur émotion.
Et soucis de l'amour étaient sur le point
De me mettre au tombeau
Mais grâce au violon, ô fils d'Aïchoum!
Dieu m'a rendu la vie.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Jaubert

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Maurice Jaubert (1900 - 1940), "J'adore humblement les actes du Très-Haut", from Chants sahariens: Cinq Poèmes touareg, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 60

I humbly adore the deeds of the Most High

Language: English after the French (Français)

I humbly adore the deeds of the Most High
Who gave the violin something better than a soul
Such that when it plays men fall silent 
And their hands pull down their veils
To hide their emotion.
And the cares of love had nearly 
Put me in the grave 
But thanks to the violin, O son of Ayshum!
God has given me back my life.

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a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-08
Line count: 9
Word count: 65