Quittez, pasteurs - John Rutter (arr.), Cambridge Singers
9. 'Quittez, pasteurs' John Rutter (arr.)
From the album ‘The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album’
Composer John Rutter (arr.)
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Quittez, pasteurs
This carol, from French rural origin, tells the story of the visitors to the manger.
LYRICS:
Quittez, pasteurs,
Vos brebis, vos houlettes,
Votre hameau
Et le soin du troupeau;
Changez vos pleurs,
En une joie parfaite,
Allez tous adorer
Un Dieu qui vient vous consoler.
Vous le verrez
Couché dans une étable,
Comme un enfant
Nu, pauvre, languissant;
Reconnaissez
Son amour ineffable
Pour nous venir chercher.
Il est le fidèle berger.
Rois d’Orient
L’étoile vous éclaire;
A ce grand roi
Rendez hommage et foi.
L’astre brillant
Vous mène à la lumière
De ce soleil naissant;
Offrez l’or, la myrrhe et l’encens.
Esprit divin
A qui tout est possible,
Percez nos coeurs
De vos douces ardeurs;
Notre destin
Par vous devient paisible;
Dieu prétend nous donner
Le ciel en venant s’incarner
Come leave your sheep,
Your ewes with lambs a-feeding,
O shepherds, hear
Our message of good cheer;
No longer weep;
The angels tidings heeding,
To Bethlem haste away!
Our Lord is born this happy day.
He lieth there
Within a lowly manger;
An infant poor
He languisheth full sore.
God’s loving care
Hath saved us all from danger
And brought us to his fold;
Now own his faithful love revealed of old.
Ye sages three
Arrayed in royal splendour,
Your homage pay;
A king is born this day.
The star ye see
Its radiance must surrender
Before our Sun most bright;
Your gifts are precious in his sight.
Come Holy Ghost,
Of blessings source eternal,
Our souls inspire
With thy celestial fire;
The heav’nly host
raise Christ the Lord supernal
And sing the peace on earth.
French traditional carol arranged by John Rutter
The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album
John Rutter selects some of his favourite Christmas carols, old and new, from classic Cambridge Singers recordings, including several of his own arrangements, closing with Vaughan Williams' majestic 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols'.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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