Johann Sebastian Bach, Awake us Lord, BWV 22 (mvt 5)
Awake us, Lord, and hasten!
Thy Holy Spirit give!
The old man in us chasten
That our new man may live,
On earth may know Thee only,
thoughts give to thee wholly,
And all Thy goodness own!
Translation by Charles Sanford Terry
Ertöt uns durch dein Güte,
Kill us through your kindness,
Erweck uns durch dein Gnad;
awaken us through your grace;
Den alten Menschen kränke,
make sick the old man,
Daß der neu' leben mag
so that the new man may live
Wohl hier auf dieser Erden,
well here on this earth,
Den Sinn und all Begehren
so that the mind and all desires
Und G'danken hab'n zu dir.
and thoughts may be directed to you.
The German Text: http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~wfb/bach.html. The English Translation is by Francis Browne: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Intro.htm.
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1) The Music Programme Homepage
2) The Music Calendar for Choral Eucharist and Evensong
3) An ABC of Composers and Musicians
4) The Current Choir Notes
For an explanation of [BNQ; BM], [CML] and where they lead Click here.)
If the text is available, to follow it while listening to the music, always right-click, then left-click on "open in new window," then arrange windows.