From Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Version I, Part II: Nach der Predigt
Composer |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
Key |
b flat minor |
Meter |
4/4 |
Structure |
none |
Length |
17 measures |
German text |
English translation |
|---|---|
O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn, |
O help, Christ, Son of God, |
Durch dein bitter Leiden, |
through Your bitter Passion, |
Daß wir dir stets untertan |
that we, being always obedient to You, |
All Untugend meiden, |
might shun all vice, |
Deinen Tod und sein Ursach |
Your death and its cause |
Fruchtbarlich bedenken, |
consider fruitfully, |
Dafür, wiewohl arm und schwach, |
so that, although poor and weak, |
Dir Dankopfer schenken! |
we might offer you thanksgiving! |
(“Christus, der uns selig macht,” verse 8) |
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