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Ó fronte ensanguentada

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1. Ó, fronte ensanguentada,
Em tanto opróbrio e dor!
De espinhos, coroada,
Com ódio e com furor!
Tão gloriosa, outrora!
Tão bela, varonil!
Tão abatida agora,
De afronta, escárnio vil!

2. Tão humilhada, pende
A face do Senhor.
Não vive, não resplende,
Já não tem luz nem cor!
Ó, crime inominável,
Fazer anuviar
O brilho inigualável
De um piedoso olhar!

3. Sê meu Refúgio forte,
Meu Guia, Vida e Luz!
Que eu sinta, vendo a morte,
Conforto em Tua cruz.
Na cruz, com fé, me abrigo;
Se eu vir que ao lado estás,
Eu me unirei contigo,
E hei de dormir em paz!

Source: Louvores ao Rei #96

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Author (attributed to): Arnulf, Abbot of Villers-la-Ville

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Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

Translator: Isaac Nicolau Salum

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Text Information

First Line: Ó fronte ensanguentada
German Title: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1656)
Translator: Isaac Nicolau Salum (1950)
Author (attributed to): Arnulf, Abbot of Villers-la-Ville
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Source: Baseado em Salve caput cruentatem, atribuído a Arnulf von Löwen 1200-1250; Trad. em Hinário da IECLB, alt. (estr. 1-3)
Language: Portuguese
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

PASSION CHORALE (Hassler)

The tune HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN has been associated with Gerhardt's text ["O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"] since they were first published together in 1656. The tune's first association with a sacred text was its attachment in 1913 [sic: should read 1613] to Christoph Knoll's funeral text "Herzl…

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Hinário Luterano #88a

Hinário Luterano #88a

Hinário Luterano #88b

Hinário Luterano #88b

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #130

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #130

Hinário para o Culto Cristão (2nd ed.) #130

Hinário para o Culto Cristão (2nd ed.) #130
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Louvores ao Rei #96

Louvores ao Rei #96
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