Text:Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring
Author:Martin Janus
Translator and Paraphraser:Robert Bridges
Tune:WERDE MUNTER
Composer:Johann Schop
Harmonizer:J. S. Bach

639. Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring

1 Jesu, joy of our desiring,
holy wisdom, love most bright,
drawn by thee, our souls aspiring
soar to uncreated light.
Word of God, our flesh that fashioned,
with the fire of life impassioned,
striving still to truth unknown,
soaring, dying round thy throne.

2 Through the way, where hope is guiding,
hark, what peaceful music rings,
where the flock, in thee confiding,
drink of joy from deathless springs.
Theirs is beauty’s fairest pleasure.
Theirs is wisdom’s holiest treasure.
Thou dost ever lead thine own
in the love of joys unknown.

Text Information
First Line: Jesu, joy of our desiring
Title: Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring
Author: Martin Janus
Translator and Paraphraser: Robert Bridges (1927)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7
Publication Date: 2020
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Adoration; Union with Christ; Wisdom
Source: “Jesu, meiner Seele Wonne,” Christlich Herzens Andach, 1665
Tune Information
Name: WERDE MUNTER
Composer: Johann Schop
Harmonizer: J. S. Bach
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7
Key: G Major
Source: Das Dritte Zehn, 1642; harm. J. S. Bach (present-day Germany), Cantata 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, 1716
Notes: Numbers in parentheses indicate measures of rest when Bach’s accompaniment is used.



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