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by Henri Vangeon (1875 - 1944), as Henri Ghéon

Couronnement d'épines
Language: French (Français) 
Mères, mes soeurs, dites-moi quel rêve
N'aura pas fait pour son nouveau-né,
En le berçant une ronde aux lèvres,
La mère heureuse en sa pauvreté?

Si j'ai péché contre la sagesse
En couronnant votre front de fleurs,
Faut-il, mon Fils, que tant de tendresse
Vous ait valu tant de déshonneur?

O faible Prince, où sont vos conquêtes?
Un rond d'épines étreint votre tête;
Un roseau sec tremble entre vos doigts...

Je veux, du moins, sous ce pauvre règne,
Humilier mon rêve qui saigne
Et de mes maux Vous faire le Roi...

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Vangeon (1875 - 1944), as Henri Ghéon, written 1918, appears in Le Miroir de Jésus. Mystères du Rosaire, Éd. Fretz, first published 1936 [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 Hendrik Andriessen (1892 - 1981), "Couronnement d'épines", published 1923 [ medium voice and organ ], from Miroir de Peine, no. 3, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by André Caplet (1879 - 1925), "Couronnement d'épines", published 1924 [ voice, women's chorus, and orchestra or harp and strings ], from D'après les Mystères du Rosaire II - Miroir de Peine, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 91

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