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Text: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th cent. |
Translator (English): | James W. Alexander |
Translator (German): | Paul Gerhardt |
Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach |
1 O sacred Head, now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down,
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, Thine only crown.
O sacred Head, what glory,
what bliss till now was Thine!
Yet, though despised and gory,
I joy to call Thee mine.
2 What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered
was all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but Thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Savior!
'Tis I deserve Thy place;
look on me with Thy favor,
vouchsafe to me Thy grace.
3 What language shall I borrow
to thank Thee, dearest Friend,
for this, Thy dying sorrow,
Thy pity without end?
O make me Thine forever!
And should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never
outlive my love for Thee.
4 Be near when I am dying,
O show Thy cross to me!
And, for my succor flying,
come, Lord, to set me free:
these eyes, new faith receiving,
from Thee shall never move;
for he who dies believing
dies safely in Thy love.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O sacred Head, now wounded |
Title: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th cent. |
Translator (German): | Paul Gerhardt (1656) |
Translator (English): | James W. Alexander (1830) |
Meter: | 76 76 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2023 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Suffering and Death |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler (1601) |
Harmonizer: | Johann Sebastian Bach (1729) |
Meter: | 76 76 D |
Key: | a minor |