Composer |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
Key |
f minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Tempo |
Largo |
Structure |
Da capo |
Length |
39 measures |
German text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Bäche von gesalznen Zähren, |
Streams of salted tears, |
Fluten rauschen stets einher. |
Floods, rush forth constantly. |
Sturm und Wellen mich versehren, |
Storm and waves harm me, |
Und dies trübsalsvolle Meer |
And this tribulation-filled sea |
Will mir Geist und Leben schwächen, |
Will weaken me of spirit and life; |
Mast und Anker wollen brechen, |
Mast and anchor will break; |
Hier versink ich in den Grund, |
Here I sink to the seabed; |
Dort seh in der Höllenschlund, |
There [I] see, in the jaws of hell, |
Bäche von gesalznen Zähren. |
Streams of salted tears. |
transl. Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed |
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