Text: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
Adapter: | Paul Gerhardt |
Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux |
Translator (from German): | 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.
How pale Thou art with anguish,
With sore abuse and scorn;
How does that visage languish
Which once was bright as morn!
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;
Assist me with 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 |
Adapter: | Paul Gerhardt |
Author (attributed to): | Bernard of Clairvaux |
Translator (from German): | James W. Alexander |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Publication Date: | 1997 |
Topic: | Christ: Atonement, Crucifixion, Suffering and Death |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Key: | C Major |