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Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet English Translation in Parallel Format Cantata BWV 164 - Voi che avete ereditato il nome di Cristo |
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Event: Solo Cantata for 13th Sunday after TrinityReadings: Epistle: Galatians 3: 15-22; Gospel: Luke 10: 23-37 Text: Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1-5); Elisabeth Kreuziger (Mvt. 6) Chorale Text: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn |
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Original German Text |
English Translation |
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Aria T |
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Aria [Tenor] |
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Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo |
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Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, |
You, who take your name from Christ, |
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2 |
Recitativo B |
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Recitative [Bass] |
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Continuo |
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Wir hören zwar, was selbst die Liebe spricht: |
We do indeed here what love itself says: And yet we pay no attention to this! We hear our neighbour's sighs, he knocks at our heart but it is not opened. We see his wringing of hands, his eyes overflow with tears; but our heart is not moved to love. The priest and the Levite who here pass by on the other side are indeed an image of Christians without love; they act as if they know nothing of compassion for the stranger, they pour neither oil nor wine in their neighbour's wounds. |
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3 |
Aria A |
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Aria [Alto] |
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Flauto traverso I/II, Continuo |
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Nur durch Lieb und durch Erbarmen |
Only through love and through compassion |
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4 |
Recitativo T |
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Recitative [Tenor] |
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Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo |
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Ach, schmelze doch durch deinen Liebesstrahl |
Ah, melt through the rays of your love |
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Aria (Duetto) S B |
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Aria (Duet) [Soprano, Bass] |
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Flauto traverso I/II e Oboe e Violino I/II, tutti all'unisono, Continuo |
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Händen, die sich nicht verschließen, |
Hands that are not clasped shut, |
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6 |
Choral |
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Chorale [A, C, T, B] |
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Oboe I/II e Violino I col Soprano, Violino II coll'Alto, Viola col Tenore, Continuo |
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Ertöt uns durch dein Güte, |
Kill us with your kindness, |
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English Translation: Francis Browne |
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Contributed by Francis Browne (July 2007) |
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