| Text: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
| Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
| Translator: | Paul Gerhardt |
| Translator: | James W. Alexander |
| Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
| Arranger: | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler |
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 to thee.
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| First Line: | O sacred Head, now wounded |
| Title: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
| Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
| Translator: | Paul Gerhardt (1656) |
| Translator: | James W. Alexander (1830) |
| Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
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| Topic: | Funerals; Jesus Christ: His Suffering; Christ: Love and Grace of (2 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
| Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler (1601) |
| Arranger: | Johann Sebastian Bach (1729) |
| Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
| Key: | a minor |
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