From Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a
Composer |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
Key |
d minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
German text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Bereite dir, Jesu, noch heute die Bahn, |
Prepare, Jesus, even today the path |
Beziehe die Höhle |
cover up the holes |
Des Herzens, der Seele, |
in my heart, my soul, |
Und blicke mit Augen der Gnade mich an. |
and look upon me with eyes of mercy. |
translation © Pamela Dellal, courtesy Emmanuel Music Inc. |
“ Earlier version of BWV 147” imslp
Neue Bach-Ausgabe I/1, Krit. Bericht
in the manuscript on Bach digital
Music lost, can be reconstructed
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