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Stabat Mater – French translation

As several versions of the Stabat Mater exist, these variations in the latin text are given per line. I found three completely different rhyming versions, as far as I can see all based on the “Vatican”-version.

1 Stabat Mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa dum pendebat Filius

Debout, la mère des douleurs se dresse, le visage en pleurs, sous la croix ou son fils pend
Debout, la mère douloureuse serrait la Croix, la malheureuse, où son pauvre enfant pendait
Debout, la Mère des douleurs, au pied de la Croix, tout en pleurs, regardait Jésus mourir

2 Cuius animam gementem contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius

Sa pauvre âme tant gémissante, et tant navrée et tant dolente, un glaive aigu la pourfend
Et dans son âme gémissante, inconsolable, défaillante, un glaive aigu s’enfoncait
Et sa tristesse et son malheur plonge un glaive dans son coeur; sa grande âme va souffrir.

3 O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta Mater Unigeniti

Quelles peines, quelle agonie subit cette mère bénie près de son unique enfant
Ah! qu’elle est triste et désolé, la Mère entre toutes comblées, il était le Premier-Né
Oh, combien triste et combien cruel fut, pour son coeur si maternel, le calvaire de Jésus!

4 Quae moerebat et dolebat et tremebat cum videbat nati poenas incliti
  Quae moerebat et dolebat
Pia Mater dum videbat nati poenas incliti

Dans l’angloisse la plus amère, elle voit, cette bonne mère, de son doux fils les tourments
Elle pleure, pleure, la Mère, pieusement qui considère son enfant assassiné
Quel tourment, quel supplice affreux de voir les coups si douloureux que son Fils avait reçus!

5 Quis est homo qui non fleret Matri Christi si videret in tanto supplicio?

Quel homme ne fondrait en pleurs à voir la mère du Seigneur dans un supplice si grand?
Qui pourrait retenir son pleurs à voir la Mère du Seigneur endurer un tel Calvaire?
Quel homme, sans verser des pleurs, verrait la Mère des douleurs dans un si cruel tourment?

6 Quis non posset contristari Matrem Christi contemplari dolentum cum filio?

Qui n’aurait le coeur abattu devant la mère de Jésus souffrant avec son Enfant?
Qui peut, sans se sentir contrit, regarder près de Jésus-Christ pleurer tristement sa Mère?
Quel coeur ne pourrait s’attendrir de la voir si bien compatir aux douleurs de son enfant?

7 Pro peccatis suae gentis vidit Iesum in tormentis et flagellis subditum

Pour son peuple qui a péché, elle voit Jésus torturé et les fouets qui le déchirent
Pour péchés de sa nation, elle le voit, dans sa Passion, sous les cinglantes lanièrent
Pour les pécheurs Il s’est livré; son corps mourant tout déchiré devant elle souffre encore.

8 Vidit suum dulcem natum moriendo desolatum dum emisit spiritum

Elle voit son fils bien-aimé, seul et de tous abandonné, qui, dans un grand cri, expire
Elle voit son petit garçon qui meurt dans un grand abandon et remet son âme à son Père
Elle voit son enfant chéri, dans la détresse d’un grand cri, s’abandonner à la mort.

9 Eia Mater, fons amoris, me sentire vim doloris fac ut tecum lugeam

Bonne mère, ô source d’amour, faites-moi souffrir à mon tour pour que je pleure avec vous
Pour que je pleure avec toi, Mère, source d’amour, fais-moi ressentir ta peine amère
Fais-nous sentir à notre tour, Mère au grand coeur, source d’amour, la vertu de la douleur.

10 Fac ut ardeat cor meum in amando Christum Deum ut sibi complaceam

Allumez en mon coeur le feu de l’amour pour le Christ mon Dieu; que cet amour lui soit doux!
Fais qu’en mon coeur brûle un grand feu. L’amour de Jésus-Christ mon Dieu; pour que je puisse lui plaire
Et fais surtout que notre coeur enfin se donne avec ardeur à l’amour du Rédempteur.

11 Sancta Mater, istud agas crucifixi fige plagas cordi meo valide

Mère sainte, faites que j’aie en mon coeur à jamais les plaies du divin Crucifié
Exauce moi, ô sainte Mère, et plante les clous du Calvaire dans mon coeur, profondément
O sainte Mère, dans nos coeurs fixe l’empreinte des douleurs dont souffrit le Christ en Croix.

12 Tui nati vulnerati tam dignati pro me pati poenas mecum divide

Au martyre de votre Enfant, qui pour moi souffrit ces tourments faites-moi participer
Pour moi ton Fils, couvert de plaies, à voulu tous souffrir. Que j’aie une part de ses tourments
Il nous aima jusqu’à mourir. Fais-nous la grâce de souffrir comme Il souffrit autrefois.

13 Fac me vere tecum flere crucifixo condolere donec ego vixero
     Fac me
tecum, pie, flere crucifixo condolere donec ego vixero

Qu’avec vous je pleure d’amour, et qu’en croix je sois, tout au cours de ma vie, à ses côtés
Que je pleure en bon fils avec toi, que je souffre avec lui sur la Croix, tant que durera ma vie
Fais-nous pleurer près de ton coeur et compatir à Sa douleur, Mère, jusqu’à notre mort.

14 Iuxta crucem tecum stare te libenter sociare in planctu desidero
     Iuxta crucem tecum stare
et me tibi sociare in planctu desidero

Près de vous, au pied de la croix, à vos pleurs associez-moi: c’est là mon pieux souhait
Je veux contre la Croix rester debout près de toi, et pleurer ton fils en ta compagnie
Pécheurs debout près de la Croix, à tes pleurs nous mêlons nos voix, dans l’amour et le remords.

15 Virgo virginum praeclara mihi iam non sis amara fac me tecum plangere

Vierge entre toutes glorieuse, ne soyez pas rigoureuse; au vôtres mêlez mes pleurs
O Vierge, entre les vierges claire, pour moi ne sois plus amère: fais que je pleure avec toi
Laisse-nous, Vierge de bonté, Vierges de grâce et de clarté, nous repentir près de toi.

16 Fac ut portem Christi mortem passionis eius sortem et plagas recolere
     Fac ut portem Christi mortem passionis
fac consortem et plagas recolere

Puissé-je avec le Christ mourir, à sa passion compatir, et revivre ses douleurs!
Fais que me marque son supplice, qu’à sa Passion je compatisse, que je m’applique à sa Croix
Fais-nous porter le souvenir de tout ce qu’Il voulut souffrir et de Sa mort sur la Croix.

17 Fac me plagis vulnerari cruce hac inebriari ob amorem filii
     Fac me plagis vulnerari
fac me cruce inebriari et cruore filii

Blessez mon coeur de ses blessures, ennivrez-moi des meurtrissures et du sang de votre Enfant
Fais que ses blessures me blessent, que je goûte à la Croix l’ivresse et le sang de ton enfant
Que notre coeur compatissant s’échauffe encore par le sang que nous donna Son amour.

18 Inflammatus et accensus, per te, Virgo, sim defensus in die iudicii
     Flammis ne urar succensus, per te, Virgo, sim defensus in die iudicii
     Flammis orci ne succendar, per te, Virgo, fac, defendar in die iudicii

L’enfer me jette dans l’effroi, de ses flammes défendez-moi au grand jour du jugement
Pour que j’échappe aux vives flammes, prends ma défense, ô notre Dame, au grand jour du jugement
Toi qui pour nous as tant souffert, viens me défendre de l’enfer Sainte Vierge,au dernier jour.

19 Fac me cruce custodiri morte Christi praemuniri confoveri gratia
     Christe cum sit hinc (iam) exire da per matrem me venire ad palmam vicoriae

Puissé-je, à l’heure du départ, Christ, par votre mère, avoir part aux palmes de la victoire!
Jésus, quand il faudra partir, puisse ta Mère me obtenir la palme de la victoire!
O Christ, lorsqu’il faudra mourir, par elle daigne m’acceuillir dans la gloire de Ton ciel.

20 Quando corpus morietur fac ut animae donetur paradisi gloria. Amen

Et quand mourra mon pauvre corps, faites entrer mon âme alors dans le paradis de gloire. Amen
Et quand mon corps aura souffert, fais qu’à mon âme soit ouvert le beau paradis de gloire. Amen
O Mère, quand mon corps mourra, par toi, mon âme s’en ira dans le bonheur éternel. Amen

 

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Stabat Mater by Eric van Boxtel, commissioned by Stabat Mater Foundation in 2008.

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My friend Marten Kuilman from Amsterdam, is painting the stations of the cross. Here is his 12th station of the cross. October 10th 2020, having dinner together.
#stationsofthecross  #stabatmater  #stabatmaterdolorosa #sacredmusic

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12th station of he cross in Church Veenhuizen, Drenthe, The Netherlands during cycle trip in Appelscha, July 15th 2020.

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Kruiswegpark in Roermond, very special, during our visit on May 24th 2020.

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12th station of the cross painted by P. Cornelis de Moor, in St Jans Basiliek, Laren (nh), during performance Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium, December 15th 2019.

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Autel d' or (Golden Altar), Niki de Saint Phalle (1962). Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, Holland, December 11th 2019

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Twelfth station of the cross in Parish Church of Portimão in Portugal, enjoying family time in Ferragudo.
#stationsofthecross #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #Portimão

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12th station of the cross, mosaic in stone, Holy Cross Church in Bloomsbury (London) enjoying a sunday city walk. 
#london #stabatmater #stationsofthecross #stabatmaterdolorosa #sorrowfulmother #holycrosschurch #bloomsbury

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Trinity church, London, sculpture. Invited  for the premiere of Pieta by composer Richard Blackford in Cadogan Hall. Impressed!
#stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #chelsea #london #sculpture #crucifixion

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Werner Tübke, Crucifixion scene (1984), chalk litograph on zinc plate.
I made this photo in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, June 22th 2019 during our cycle tour along the Elbe river.

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12th station of the cross, psinted by Johan Lange from Aken (Germany) 1884-1890.

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Our Lady of the Basilica, Zwolle. 
#zwolle #crunchyslime #mary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa

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Michael Triegel, Deus absconditus (God is hidden). Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle. I  love his paintings.
#triegel #michaeltriegel #mary #crucifixion #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #zwolle #fundatiezwolle

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Zwolle, Grote kerk of St. Michaels Churc. A vey old sculpture of Crucifixion in the wall, maybe 12th station of the cross. Unfortunately very damaged. Please, could you translate the latin text?
#zwolle #zwollecentrum #oldchurch #stationsofthecross #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa

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Magdenburg Cathedral June 24th 2019, cycling trip along the Elbe in Germany.
#magdenburg🇩🇪 #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary

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Paul Sinkwitz, Crucifixion group, tempera draft (1957)  Lutherstadt Wittenberg, exhibition modern Christian Art. #Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary  #mary

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Otto Pankok, Mary and John under the cross, woodcut (1958). Lutherstadt Wittenberg, exhibition modern Christian Art. #Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary  #mary #john #woodcutting

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Marc Chagall, Crucfixion, 1969, (1) and Crucifixion, Mother and Child, 1964 (2). In Lutherstadt, Wittenberg, June 2019, Exhibition Modern Christian Art. #Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary #chagall #marcchagall

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Keith Haring, 1982, Untitled, without Mary. Lutherstadt Wittenberg Exhibition Modern Christian Art.
#Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary #keithharing

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Lutherstadt Wittenberg Exhibition Christian Art from Chagall to Beuys. Willi Baumeister, Crucifixion, Lithograph.
#Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary

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Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Crucifixion, 1912, Etching. Mueum Lutherstadt Wittenberg during our cycling trip in Germany, June 2019.

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Exhibition Lutherstadt Wittemberg Modern Christian Art from Chagall to Beuys. James Ensor, Crucifixio, print 23 from Portfolio Scenes Life of Christ, colour lithograph, 1912-1921.
#religiousart #stabatmaterdolorosa #stabatmater #crucifixion #golgotha

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Exhibition Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Christian Art from Chagall to Beuys. Georges Rouault, Christ on the cross, 1936, colour aquatint etching.June 21th 2019
#religiousart #golgotha #crucifixion #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #mothermary

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July 5th, Bremen, Church of our Lady. I noticed groups of little figures in a glass display case showing scenes from the passion of Jesus. They are made by the woodcutters David Guenou and his son Daniel from Togo in Africa. They converted to Christianity in the the sixties when a priest from Bremen was a missionary in Togo. The woodcarving was a present from the Togo Parish. By the way: we loved Bremen during our cycling trip in Germany.
#bremen #woodcarving #crucifixion #religiousart #africanart #stabatmaterdolorosa
#thecross #stabatmater #mothermary

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Bremen Cathedral, beautiful painting of the crucifixion on the front wall of the church dedicated to St. Peter. July 5th 2019.
#bremencathedral #religiousart #stabatmater #crucifixion #paintings #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #religiousart #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi

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In Damnatz, during our cycling trip from Dresden to Hamburg, we stumbled upon this old, timber framed church with a painting of the crucifixion. July 2th 2019
#stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion  #religiousart #elb

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Tangermünde, June 27th 2019, St Stefan's Church. On the baptismal font, as wel as at the baroque pulpit I found a relief of Mary near the cross.

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St. Jacobi Church in Perleberg, Germany June 28th 2019 during our cycling tour from Dresden to Hamburg. In the wall of the tower is a crucifixion sculpture of sand stone. Though Mary is not present, I just could not resist taking this picture because of the inscription above: ANNO DOMINI MCCCLXI.
#perleberg #stationsofthecross #stabatmater  #religiousart #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #sculpture #stabatmaterdolorosa

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Church Museum New Bavo Haarlem. Station of the Cross XII 1920. Artist unknown. 
#stationsofthecross #stabatmater #sorrowfulmother #religiousart

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Church New Bavo Museum Haarlem, Jan van Scorel 1525.
#calvary #religiousart #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #triptych

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Stralsund, Germany, Nicolai Kirche and painting of the Crucifixion in the church.

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Family vacation in Germany, May 2019, A trip to Stralsund, Nicolaikirche. Several altars from the 15th century:: (1)Burgermeister-altar with Jesus is taken down from the cross, short after 1500. (2) Altar by Riemer and Betler (1451) and High altar (ca. 1480), Crucifixion by J P Hinze.
#church #art #altar #religiousart #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa

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Nehringen, Germany, during a family vacation. St. Andreas kirche. Stations of the cross.

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Stations of the cross-Jesus meets his mother Maria and  Jesus is nailed to the cross- paintings by Jan Wiesman, a Dutch painter. Exhibition in Pop-up Gallery in Bloemendaal. Netherlands.

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Art stations of the cross Amsterdam 2019: Jesus meets his mother (Station 2). A colorful installation by Lynn Aldrich is made from all sorts of ordinary cleaning tools, such as plastic sponges and brushes.
#stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #religiousart #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi

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Project Art stations of the cross, number 7: Jesus falls for the second time. Two drawings by Paul van Dongen: Judgement and Resurrection. The Small Museum, Paradiso, Weteringschans 6-8. In 2016 the music venue and cultural center Paradiso, housed in a converted former church building from the nineteenth century, opened The Small Museum. The smallest museum in the Netherlands, it is located in one of the cabinets where the Vrije Gemeente (Free Congregation) used to display its announcements. The exhibitions regularly link to the religious past of the building.
#stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #religiousart #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi

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Art stations of the cross 2019 Amsterdam. Number 2: Jesus takes up the cross by G. Roland Bierman. De Hoftuin, Nieuwe Herengracht 18.
#mothermary #jesus #thecross #crucifixion #passion #virginmaryartwork #virginmaryart #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #religiousart #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi

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Art Stations of the Cross 2019 Amsterdam Nr. 6 Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. Güler Ates, Water no longer dances with light, new site specific work. In the Stations of the Cross, Veronica is the woman who helps Jesus persevere. She confronts us with the classic question: In whom do we invest, convinced that the person can make a difference in this world? Who can lean on us? Güler Ates grew up in the mystic tradition of East Turkey. She is based in London and works with video, photography, printmaking and performance. One of the core elements in her work is cultural displacement. She studies the interaction of Eastern and Western cultures.

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Beginhof Chapel Amsterdam when I wasin Amsterdamwithmy grandson Guidofor the Art Stations of the Cross on monday April 15th.

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Project Art Stations of the Cross Amsterdam. Nr. 5 Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross. It is the contemplation of the suffering caused by the slave trade, in which traders from Amsterdam were also involved. Iris Kensmil, an artist with a Surinam background, has painted portraits of three eighteenth-century individuals from Surinam who managed to secure for themselves a position and a future in opposition to colonial oppression. (Their actual likenesses are unknown.) Just like Simon of Cyrene, who stopped to help Jesus by carrying his cross, these people resisted injustice. The triptych hangs amongst the group portraits in the Amsterdam Gallery as a call to action.

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