From Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198, Part II: Nach gehaltener Trauerrede
Composer |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
Key |
e minor |
Meter |
3/4 |
Length |
95 measures |
German text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Der Ewigkeit saphirnes Haus |
Eternity’s sapphiric house |
Zieht, Fürstin, deine heitern Blicke |
Draws, Princess, your serene glances |
Von unsrer Niedrigkeit zurücke |
Away from our lowliness |
Und tilgt der Erden Denkbild aus. |
And obliterates the rememorative image of earth. |
Ein starker Glanz von hundert Sonnen, |
A powerful splendor of a hundred suns, |
Der unsern Tag zur Mitternacht |
That makes our day into midnight |
Und unsre Sonne finster macht, |
And our sun dark, |
Hat dein verklärtes Haupt umsponnen. |
Has braided around your transfigured head. |
transl. Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed |
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