Text: | Il est né |
Translator: | George Evans |
Tune: | IL EST NÉ |
Harmonizer: | Carlton R. Young |
[Refrain:]
Il est né, le divin Enfant,
jouez hautbois rèsonnez musettes;
il est né, le divin Enfant,
chantons tous son avènement!
1 Depuis plus de quatre mille ans
nous le promettaient les prophètes:
depuis plus de quatre mille ans
nous attendions cet heureux temps! [Refrain]
3 Une étable est son logement,
un peu de paille est sa couchette.
Une étable est son logement,
pour un Dieu, quel abaissement! [Refrain]
3 Ô Jésus! Ô roi tout-puissant!
Tout petit enfant que vous êtes,
Ô Jésus! Ô roi tout-puissant!
Régnez sur nous entièrement. [Refrain]
[Refrain:]
He is born, little Child divine;
play on the reeds while the lutes are strumming.
He is born, little Child divine;
join to song to announce the day.
1 Through long ages of the past,
prophets have foretold his coming;
thru long ages of the past,
now the time has come at last! [Refrain]
2 O how lovely, O how pure
is this perfect child of heaven;
O how lovely, O how pure
gracious gift to humankind! [Refrain]
3 Lowly lodged in a stable poor,
laid on straw for his infant cradle.
Lowly lodged in a stable poor,
God come down to our mortal aid. [Refrain]
4 Jesus, Lord of all the world,
coming as a child among us,
Jesus, Lord of all the world,
grant to us your heavenly peace. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Depuis plus de quatre mille ans (Through long ages of the past) |
Title: | Il est né |
Translator: | George Evans |
Refrain First Line: | Il est né, le divin Enfant (He is born, little Child divine) |
Meter: | 7 10 7 8 with refrain |
Language: | English; French |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Christmas; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year: Christmas(7 more...) |
Source: | Trad. 19th-century French carol |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | IL EST NÉ |
Harmonizer: | Carlton R. Young (1988) |
Meter: | 7 10 7 8 with refrain |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | 18th-century French carol |
Copyright: | Harmony copyright © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House |