Sainte Nuit

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1 O nuit de paix! Sainte nuit!
Dans le ciel l'astre luit;
Dans les champs tout repose en paix.
Mais soudain, dans l'air pur et frais,
Le brillant choeur des anges
Aux bergers apparaît.

2 O nuit de foi! Sainte nuit!
Les bergers sont instruits;
Confiants dans la voix des cieux,
Ils s'en vont adorer leur Dieu;
Et Jésus, en échange
Leur sourit radieux.

3 O nuit d'amour! Sainte nuit!
Dans l'étable, aucun bruit;
Sur la paille est couché l'Enfant
Que la Vierge endort en chantant:
Il repose en ses langes,
Son Jésus ravissant.

4 O nuit d'espoir! Sainte nuit!
L'espérance a relui:
Le Sauveur de la terre est né;
C'est à nous que Dieu l'a donné.
Célébrons ses louanges:
Gloire au Verbe incarné!

Source: Catholic Book of Worship III #333

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Translator: Armand Bail

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Text Information

First Line: O nuit de paix! Sainte nuit!
Title: Sainte Nuit
German Title: Stille Nacht
Translator: Armand Bail
Meter: Irregular
Language: French
Publication Date: 1994
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1994.
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STILLE NACHT

Although he composed nearly one hundred works, Franz Gruber is remembered for only one–the tune of "Silent Night," composed on Christmas Eve, 1818. He scored the tune for tenor and bass soli (sung by Mohr and Gruber on that night) with the final phrase to be repeated in harmony (sung by the villag…

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Catholic Book of Worship III #333

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