Text: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt |
Translator: | James W. Alexander |
Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach |
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.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O sacred Head, now wounded |
Title: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt (1656) |
Translator: | James W. Alexander (1830) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Sacraments: Lord's Supper; Christian Year: Lent; Christian Year: Good Friday(1 more...) |
Source: | Based on medieval Latin poem |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler (1601) |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach (1729) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Key: | C Major |