Cantique de la Vierge (Maeterlinck, set by A. Palma) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


À toute âme qui pleure,
à tout péché qui passe,
J'ouvre au sein des étoiles
mes mains pleins de grâces.

Il n'est péché qui vive
quand l'amour a parlé;
Il n'est d'âme qui meure
quand l'amour a pleuré...

Et si l'amour s'égare
aux sentiers d'ici-bas,
Ses larmes me retrouvent
et ne [se perdent]¹ pas...

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¹ Palma: "s'égarent"

Authorship

Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)

Quinze Chansons

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

Athos Palma (1891-1951)

Set in German, a translation of Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1873-1936) GER

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)

Set in German, a translation of Anonymous/Unidentified Artist GER [text unavailable]

Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881-1944)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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