Dormi, Fili, dormi (Hector Berlioz)
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- (Posted 2024-12-03) CPDL #82975:
- Editor: Daniel Battle (submitted 2024-12-03). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 144 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: L'adieu des bergers with an alternative Latin text. William Sewell, May 1897. For use at the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, Birmingham.
General Information
Title: Dormi, Fili, dormi
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Lyricist: William Sewell
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Christmas
Language: Latin
Instruments: Organ
First published: 1897
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Dormi, Fili, dormi! Mater Cantat unigenito: Dormi, puer, dormi! Pater Nato clamat parvulo: Millies tibi laudes canimus Mille, mille, millies. Lectum stravi tibi soli, Dormi, Nate bellule! Stravi lectum fœno molli, Dormi, mi animule! Millies tibi laudes canimus, Mille, mille, millies.
English translation
Sleep Son, sleep! Mother Sings to her only Child: Sleep, Boy, sleep! Father at The Birth of the Child cries out: We sing praises unto Thee a thousand times A thousand, a thousand, a thousand times. I made a bed for Thee alone Sleep, dear New-born! I spread hay upon Thy bed, Sleep, my soul! We sing praises unto Thee a thousand times A thousand, a thousand, a thousand times.