Text: | O sacred head sore wounded |
Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
Translator: | James Waddell Alexander, 1804-59 |
Translator (from Latin): | Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76 |
Tune: | PASSION CHORALE |
Arranger: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612 |
1 O sacred head sore wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down;
O kingly head surrounded
with thorns your only crown;
death's shadows rise before you,
the glow of life decays;
yet hosts of heaven adore you
and tremble as they gaze.
2 What language shall I borrow
to praise you, heavenly friend,
for this your dying sorrow,
your mercy without end?
Such agony and dying!
Such love to sinners free!
O Christ, all grace supplying,
turn now your face on me.
3 In this your bitter Passion,
good Shepherd, think of me,
look on me with compassion,
unworthy though I be:
beneath your cross abiding
for ever would I rest,
in your dear love confiding,
and with your presence blessed.
4 Lord, be my consolation,
my shield when death is near;
remind me of your Passion,
be with me when I fear.
My eyes shall then behold you,
upon your cross shall dwell,
my heart by faith enfold you;
and who dies thus, dies well.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O sacred head sore wounded |
German Title: | Salve, caput cruentatum |
Translator (from Latin): | Paul Gerhardt, 1607-76 |
Author: | Bernard of Clairvaux, 1091-1153 |
Translator: | James Waddell Alexander, 1804-59 |
Meter: | 76.76 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Good Friday; Jesus Christ: Passion and Cross; Passion Sunday |
Notes: | Other translators also |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PASSION CHORALE |
Composer: | Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612 |
Arranger: | Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 |
Meter: | 76.76 D |
Key: | A Major |