Jésus le Christ

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Jésus le Christ is one of the Taizé Community written hymn . Above all, the German-language version "Christ, your light" is known in German-speaking countries.

text

French original version:

Jésus le Christ, lumière intérieure,
ne laisse pas mes ténèbres me parler.
Jésus le Christ, lumière intérieure,
donne-moi d'accueillir ton amour.

German singable translation:

Christ, your light transfigures our shadows,
do not allow the darkness to speak to us.
Christ, your light, shines on earth
and you tell us: You too are the light.

The literal translation of the French text is: “Jesus Christ, inner light, do not let my darkness speak to me. Jesus Christ, inner light, give me (the ability) to receive your love. ”While the talk of“ inner light ”comes from the tradition of mysticism , the German song translation has a stronger biblical reference. It connects the self-statement of Jesus “I am the light of the world” ( Jn 8,12  EU ) with his promise to the disciples “You are the light of the world” ( Mt 5,14  EU ).

The German version is sung especially in weeks when many German-speaking young people are guests in Taizé. Many German-speaking choirs have also adopted the song in their repertoire.

Shape and spread

The song is a four-part short chant characteristic of the Taizé community . The song is sung over and over again in a meditative manner. It can be accompanied by solo chants in French, English, German, Italian and Spanish. There is also instrumental music sets for keyboard , guitar , Flötenduo , oboe - clarinet , English horn , trumpet , trumpet trombone quartet, cello and bassoon .

In addition to German and French, there are singing versions in ten other languages.

The song was composed by Jacques Berthier . It has been in the Taizé hymn book since its release, in the current version under song number 9.

For example, it was found in The Songbook. Faith - Life - Love - Hope ( ISBN 978-3-86687-079-6 ), Come, breathe easy (addition to the Ev. Hymnal) and in Celebrate Jesus! 4 ( ISBN 978-3-7751-5200-6 ) published.

Christ, your light, is one of the most widely sung and translated into most languages ​​of the Taizé chants. Interpretations can be found on numerous CDs. It can be found in the albums Jubilate (February 20, 1992, in French), Sing to God (October 22, 1995, in English), Sjung lovsång alla länder (November 20, 1996, in Swedish: Jesus, Guds son), Liederen uit Taizé (December 14, 1997, in Dutch: Jezus, U bent het licht), Chants de la prière à Taizé (November 10, 1998, in French), Bendecid al Señor! (June 10, 2000, in Spanish: Cristo Jesús), Laudate omnes gentes (November 4, 2002, in French), Mane nobiscum (March 15, 2010, in English: Jesus Christ, Bread of Life), Taizé Instrumental 1 (13 May 2003, instrumental), Music Of Unity And Peace (January 1, 2014, in French).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ taizé.fr
  2. ↑ http://www.exultet-solutions.com/shop/pages-product_music_info/partner_id-10/product-4939/jesus-le-christ.html
  3. ↑ http://www.exultet-solutions.com/shop/pages-product_music_info/partner_id-10/product-4939/jesus-le-christ.html
  4. ^ Ateliers et Presses de Taizé: Chants de Taizé . Ed .: Ateliers et Presses de Taizé. 2017-2018 edition. Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, Taizé.
  5. ↑ https://www.amazon.de/s/ref=sr_pg_2?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%22J%C3%A9sus+le+Christ%22+Taize&page=2&keywords=%22J%C3%A9sus+ le + Christ% 22 + Taize & ie = UTF8 & qid = 1544814670

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