Text: | O Sacred Head Now Wounded |
Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153) |
Translator (English): | James W. Alexander (1804-1859) |
Translator (German): | Paul Gerhardt (1607-167 6) |
Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
Arranger: | J. S. Bach (1685-1750) |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) |
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.
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 (1091-1153) |
Translator (German): | Paul Gerhardt (1607-167 6) (1656) |
Translator (English): | James W. Alexander (1804-1859) (1830) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | Jesus Christ: Sufferings and Death |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) (1601) |
Arranger: | J. S. Bach (1685-1750) (1729) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Incipit: | 51765 45233 2121 |
Key: | C Major |