Text: Thomas Moore, "Religious meditation"
This world is all a fleeting show,
For man's illusion given;
The smiles of joy, the tears of woe,
Deceitful shine, deceitful flow --
There's nothing true but heaven!
And false the light on glory's plume,
As fading hues of even;
And love and hope and beauty's bloom,
are blossoms gathered for the tomb;
There's nothing bright but heaven.
Poor wonderers of a stormy day!
From wave to wave we're driven,
And fancy's flash and reason's ray
Serve but to light the troubled way --
There's nothing calm but heaven.
(Adopted by Louise Swanton-Belloc in French)
Ce monde entier n'est qu'une ombre fugitive;
il n'est rien de vrai que le Ciel.
L'éclat des ailes de la gloire est faux et passager;
les fleurs de l'amour, de l'espérance, de la beauté
s'épanouissent pour la tombe;
il n'est rien de brillant que le Ciel.
Pauvres voyageurs d'un jour orageux,
le flambeau du génie, celui de la raison
ne font que nous montrer les dangers de la route;
il n'est rien de calme que le Ciel.
"Trista"는 큰 슬픔 (great sorrow) 이라는 의미의 라틴어이다.
Symphony와 Chorus를 위한 곡으로 아래의 3 악장의 구성이다.
1. Méditation religieuse (종교적 명상 Religious Meditation)
2. La Mort d'Ophélie (오펠리아의 죽음 The death of Ophelia)
3. Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d'Hamlet
(햄릿의 마지막 막을 위한 장송 행진곡 Funeral March for the final scene of Hamlet)
Méditation religieuse
John Alldis Choir
Colin Davis
London Symphony Orch
