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Text for Cantata 12
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen

Original German Text

English Translation

1. SINFONIA

2. CHOR

Weinen, Klagen,
Sorgen, Zagen,
Angst und Not
sind der Christen Tränenbrot,
die das Zeichen Jesu tragen.

Weeping, wailing,
worries, woes,
anguish and despair
are the bread of tears for Christians
who bear the mark of Jesus.

3. REZITATIV (Alt)

Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal
in das Reich Gottes eingehen.

We must traverse great tribulation
to enter the kingdom of God.

4. ARIA (Alt)

Kreuz und Krone sind verbunden,
Kampf und Kleinod sind vereint.
Christen haben alle Stunden
ihre Qual und ihren Feind,
doch ihr Trost sind Christi Wunden.

Cross and crown are bound together,
contest and prize are united.
Christians have at every hour
their misery and their foes,
yet their solace remains the wounds of Christ.

5. ARIA (Baß)

Ich folge Christo nach,
von ihm will ich nicht lassen
im Wohl und Ungemach,
im Leben und Erblassen.
Ich küsse Christi Schmach,
ich will sein Kreuz umfassen.
Ich folge Christo nach,
von ihm will ich nicht lassen.

I follow behind Christ,
I will not leave him
through wellbeing or adversity,
while living or when fading.
I kiss the humiliation of Christ,
I will embrace his cross.
I follow behind Christ,
I will not leave him.

6. ARIA (Tenor)

Sei getreu, alle Pein
wird doch nur ein Kleines sein.
Nach dem Regen
blüht der Segen,
alles Wetter geht vorbei,
sei getreu, sei getreu!

Remain true,
all pain will surely be but slight.
After the rain,
blessing blooms,
all storms will pass.
Remain true, remain true!

7. CHORAL

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,
dabei will ich verbleiben,
es mag mich auf die rauhe Bahn
Not, Tod und Elend treiben,
so wird Gott mich
ganz väterlich
in seinen Armen halten:
drum laß' ich ihn nur walten.

Whatever God does, is rightly done
by this I do remain,
though I be upon the rugged path
driven by despair, death and misery
still God,
fully as a father,
will hold me in his arms:
thus, I simply let him prevail.

COMPOSED: April 22, 1714 (Weimar) for Jubilate (3rd Sunday after Easter)
LIBRETTIST: Salomo Franck; Mvt 3. Acts 14:22; Mvt 6. chorale melody for Jesu, meine Freude by Johann Crüger (1653); Mvt 7. Samuel Rodigast, stanza 6 of Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (1674)
TRANSLATION: 2017 © Tobin Schmuck, NYC
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Cantata BWV 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen for Jubilate [3rd Sunday after Easter] (1714)
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BWV 12 Text: German-1 | German-2 | German-6 | German-7 | NBA Text
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Chorale Text: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan [BWV 12/7]

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