Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#75

75. I Cannot Dance, O Love

Text Information

• First Line: I cannot dance, O Love
• Title: I Cannot Dance, O Love
• Author: Jean Janzen (1991)
• Meter: 76.76D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Topic: God: Grace and Mercy; God: Love; Jesus Christ: Presence and Guidance
• Source: Based on the writing of Mechthild of Magdeburg
• Copyright: © 1991 Jean Wiebe Janzen

Tune Information

• Name: BRED DINA VIDA VINGAR
• Harmonizer: Lahrae Knatterud (1983, adapt.)
• Meter: 76.76D
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Swedish folk tune
• Copyright: Harm. © 1983 by permission of Gracia Grindal

Text Information:

Janzen based this text on the writing of Mechthild of Magdeburg (1212-1283), the most influential of the German mystics. Her movement was a reaction against formalism and worldliness in the church