Composer |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
Key |
F major → C major |
Meter |
4/4 |
Length |
11 measures |
German text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Ich lege mich in diese Wunden |
I lay myself into these wounds |
Als in den rechten Felsenstein; |
As into [Christ] the proper quarry stone; |
Die sollen meine Ruhstatt sein. |
They [the wounds] shall be my place of rest. |
In diese will ich mich im Glauben schwingen |
Into these [wounds] will I, in [Christian] belief, fling myself |
Und drauf vergnügt und fröhlich singen: |
And thereupon contentedly and cheerfully sing: |
transl. Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed |
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