Text: | O Sacred Head, Now Wounded |
Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
Translator (from German): | James W. Alexander |
Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
Adapter: | J. S. Bach |
Composer: | H. L. Hassler, 1564-1612 |
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. O noblest Brow and dearest,
In other days the world
All feared when Thou appearedst;
What shame on Thee is hurled!
How art Thou pale with anguish,
With sore abuse and scorn;
How does that visage languish
Which once was bright as morn!
3. What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered
Was all for sinners' gain:
Mine, mine was the trangsgression
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.
4. 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: | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
Translator (from German): | James W. Alexander (1830) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1929 |
Topic: | Choral Section: Passion of Christ |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | H. L. Hassler, 1564-1612 |
Harmonizer: | J. S. Bach (1729) |
Adapter: | J. S. Bach (1729) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D |
Incipit: | 36543 23711 7676 |
Key: | C Major |