Souvenez-vous, pécheurs

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by Jean Commire (1625 - 1702)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Mementote peccatores

Language: Latin

Our translations: FRE

CHRISTUS: 
Mementote peccatores, 
mementote quid fecerim vobis. 
Nonne vos creavi, nonne servavi, 
nonne nutrivi, nonne vos fovi 
sicut aquila provocans ad volandum 
pullos suos et super eos volitans?
Vos autem, incrassati et impugnati, 
dereliquistis Deum creatorem 
servatorem et patrem vostrum.
 
PECCATORES:
Ah cor durum, ah cor ingratum, cor saxeum 
haeccine reddis Deo, creatori tuo?
Quis capiti meo dabit aquam 
et oculis meis fontem 
lacrymarum ut plorem et dicam: 
peccavi Domine, sed miserere mei.
Heu! stupiditas cordis mei, 
heu! mentis meae caecitas infesta!
Sic vivo, sic puto, sic loquor et ago, 
quasi solum circa coeli 
sphaeras occupatus ambulares 
de me autem non cogitares. 
Ah cor durum, ah cor ingratum, cor saxeum, 
haeccine reddis Deo, creatori tuo?

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Text Authorship:

by Jean Commire (1625 - 1702) [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 Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634 - 1704), "Mementote peccatores, mementote quid fecerim vobis ", H. 425 no. 1 [vocal trio and continuo], from Dialogus inter Christum et peccatores, no. 1. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-16
Line count: 25
Word count: 115

Souvenez‑vous, pécheurs

Language: French (Français) after the Latin

Christ: 
Souvenez-vous, pécheurs, 
souvenez-vous de ce que j'ai fait pour vous. 
Ne vous ai-je pas créé, ne vous ai-je pas sauvé, 
ne vous ai-je pas nourri, ne vous ai-je pas chéris 
comme l'aigle encourageant ses poussins 
à voler et volant au-dessus d'eux ?
Mais vous, pleins de graisse et attaqués, 
vous avez délaissé Dieu, 
votre créateur, votre sauveur et votre père.

Pécheurs :
Ah, cœur dur, ah, cœur ingrat, cœur de pierre, 
est-ce ainsi que tu rembourses Dieu, ton créateur ?
Qui donnera de l'eau à ma tête 
et une fontaine de larmes à mes yeux 
pour que je puisse pleurer et dire :
J'ai péché Seigneur, mais aie pitié de moi.
Hélas ! stupidité de mon cœur, 
hélas ! aveuglement hostile de mon esprit !
Ainsi je vis, ainsi je pense, ainsi je parle 
et j'agis comme si tu marchais occupé 
seulement des sphères du ciel 
mais ne pensais pas à moi.
Ah, cœur dur, ah, cœur ingrat, cœur de pierre, 
est-ce ainsi que tu rembourses Dieu, ton créateur ?

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a text in Latin by Jean Commire (1625 - 1702)
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-16
Line count: 25
Word count: 163