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Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut

07/05/05

Permalink 01:18:23 pm, by dissidens Email , 102 words, 2678 views   English (US)
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Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut

My heart is bathed in blood,
Because the multitude of my sins
Makes me, in God’s holy eyes,
Seem to be a monster.
And my conscience feels pain,
Because these sins are naught to me
But Hellish tormenters.
Hateful night of vice!
You, you alone have brought me to such distress!
And you, evil Adam’s seed,
Rob my soul of all peace,
And bar it from Heaven.
Ah, unspeakable anguish,
My heart is so parched,
No comfort can fructify it;
And I must hide in shame before the
One before Whom the very angels
Hide their faces.

--- Georg Christian Lehms

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1 Comment from: todd mitchell [Member] Email · http://withtearsoppressed.blogspot.com/
On what page of which AWANA clubber handbook might we find something so profoundly real? Or perhaps thoughts so precious are kept for the teen youth groups to ponder? Surely in one of the adult programs? No? Then maybe in the worship service, perhaps between the meet & greet and the announcements? Right before the invitation? Well, maybe there, in 10 words or less, but certainly not right afterward...

Blute nur, du liebes Herz!
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2 Comment from: dissidens [Member] Email
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Sorry, my young, deluded friend, you will not find these sentiments around the church-house. I get them smuggled in from the past.

This was from BWV 199, the text was from a cycle of cantata texts published in 1711. Bach used it for the 11th Sunday after Trinity and it's scored for soprano, 2 violins, viola, oboe, bassoon, and string continuo.

I found a nice version on Nonesuch, 79605.

That recitative is followed by a sighing oboe and a beautiful aria.

http://www.nonesuch.com/Hi_Band/index_frameset2.cfm?pointer=upshaw.gif

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3 Comment from: DGus [Visitor]
Here's some grist for this mill:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GE17Aa01.html
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