Cantique De Noël

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1 Minuit, chrétiens, c’est l’heure solennelle
Où l’Homme Dieu descendit jusqu’à nous
Pour effacer la tache originelle
Et de Son Père arrêter le courroux.
Le monde entier tressaille d’espérance
En cette nuit qui lui donne un Sauveur.
Peuple à genoux, attends ta délivrance!
Noël! Noël! Voici le Rédempteur!
Noël! Noël! Voici le Rédempteur!

2 De notre foi que la lumière ardente
Nous guide tous au berceau de l’Enfant,
Comme autrefois une étoile brillante
Y conduisit les chefs de l’orient.
Le Roi des rois nait dans une humble crèche,
Puissants du jour fiers de votre grandeur,
À votre orgueil c’est de là que Dieu prêche.
Courbez vos fronts devant le Rédempteur,
Courbez vos fronts devant le Rédempteur!

3 Le Rédempteur a brisé toute entrave:
La terre est libre et le ciel est ouvert.
Il voit un frère où n’était qu’un esclave;
L’amour unit ceux qu’enchaînait le fer.
Qui Lui dira notre reconnaissance?
C’est pour nous tous qu’Il naît,
Qu’Il souffre et meurt.
Peuple debout, Chante ta délivrance!
Noël! Noël! Chantons le Rédempteur!
Noël! Noël! Chantons le Rédempteur!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #13924

Author: Placide Cappeau

Placide Cappeau France 1808-1877. Born at 8 p.m. On 10/25/1808, the son of a cooper. He may have followed in his father's business, but when eight years old, a playmate accidentally shot him in the hand with a gun he was playing with, and the hand had to be amputated. He followed an academic career instead. The shooter's father paid for half his education, and he was able to attend town school and the College Royal d'Avignon. Despite his handicap, he was awarded a first prize in drawing there. He studied literature in Nimes, and law in Paris, and was licensed to practice law in 1831. Instead, he became a merchant of wines and spirits, but his focus was really on literature. A parish priest, Father Petitjean, in Cappeau's community,… Go to person page >

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First Line: Minuit, Chretiens, c'est l'heure colennelle
Title: Cantique De Noël
Author: Placide Cappeau
Language: French
Copyright: Public Domain

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