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Text:Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee!
Author:Philipp Nicolai
Translator:Paul England
Tune:WACHET AUF
Composer:Philipp Nicolai
Harmonizer:Johann Sebastian Bach

13. Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee!

1 Now let every tongue adore thee!
Let men with angels sing before thee!
Let harps and cymbals now unite!

Refrain:
No mortal eye hath seen.
No mortal ear hath heard
Such wondrous things,
Therefore with joy our song shall soar
In praise to God forevermore.

2 All thy gates with pearl are glorious,
Where we partake through faith victorious,
With angels round thy throne of light. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Now let every tongue adore thee!
Title: Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee!
German Title: Wachet auf, rust uns die Stimme
Author: Philipp Nicolai
Translator: Paul England
Refrain First Line: No mortal eye hath seen
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Adoration; Angels; Creation (5 more...)
Source: Appendix to Freuden-spiegel des ewigen Lebens, 1599
Tune Information
Name: WACHET AUF
Composer: Philipp Nicolai (1599)
Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Key: C Major
Source: Harm.: Cantata No. 140, 1731



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