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Text for Cantata 173
Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut

Original German Text

English Translation

1. REZITATIV (Tenor)

Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut,
das Gott selbst an sich nimmt,
dem er schon hier auf Erden
ein himmlisch Heil bestimmt,
des Höchsten Kind zu werden,
erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut!

Exalted flesh and blood
which God takes upon himself,
to which here upon earth
he has already assigned a divine salvation,
by becoming child of the Most High
exalted flesh and blood!

2. ARIA (Tenor)

Ein geheiligtes Gemüte
sieht und schmecket Gottes Güte.
Rühmet, singet, stimmt die Saiten,
Gottes Treue auszubreiten!

A sanctified disposition
sees and tastes of God’s goodness.
Extol, sing, voice the strings,
to spread forth God’s devotion!

3. ARIA (Alt)

Gott will, o ihr Menschenkinder,
an euch große Dinge tun.
Mund und Herze, Ohr und Blicke
können nicht bei diesem Glücke
und so heilger Freude ruhn.

God wants, O you children of humanity,
to do great things for you.
Mouth and heart, ear and sight
cannot keep still midst this fortune
and such sacred joy.

4. ARIA (Sopran, Baß)

BAß
So hat Gott die Welt geliebt,
sein Erbarmen
hilft uns Armen,
daß er seinen Sohn uns gibt,
Gnadengaben zu genießen,
die wie reiche Ströme fließen.

SOPRAN
Sein verneuter Gnadenbund
ist geschäftig
und wird kräftig
in der Menschen Herz und Mund,
daß sein Geist zu seiner Ehre
gläubig zu ihm rufen lehre.

SOPRAN, BAß
Nun wir lassen unsre Pflicht
Opfer bringen,
dankend singen,
da sein offenbartes Licht
sich zu seinen Kindern neiget
und sich ihnen kräftig zeiget.

BASS
God has so loved the world,
his mercy
aiding us, the poor,
that he gives us his son,
to relish the gifts of grace
which flow like bursting streams.

SOPRANO
His renewed covenant of grace
is engaged
and will be mighty
in human hearts and mouths,
where his Spirit, to his glory,
instructs [us] to call to him in faith.

SOPRANO, BASS
Now let us be obliged
to present an offering,
gratefully singing
as his manifest light
inclines toward his children
and powerfully reveals itself to them.

5. REZITATIV (Sopran, Tenor)

Unendlichster, den man doch Vater nennt,
wir wollen dann das Herz zum Opfer bringen,
aus unsrer Brust, die ganz vor Andacht brennt,
soll sich der Seufzer Glut zum Himmel schwingen.

Infinite one, whom we still call father,
we want then to present the heart as offering,
from our bosoms which utterly burn with devotion
shall the fervor of our sighs resound up to heaven.

6. CHOR

Rühre, Höchster, unsern Geist,
daß des höchsten Geistes Gaben
ihre Würkung in uns haben.
Da dein Sohn uns beten heißt,
wird es durch die Wolken dringen
und Erhörung auf uns bringen.

Stir our spirit, Most High,
that the gifts of your supreme spirit
act their effect in us.
Since your son calls us to prayer,
this will permeate the clouds
and bring its answer back to us.


COMPOSED: May 29, 1724 (Leipzig) for the 2nd Day of Pentecost
LIBRETTIST: unknown
TRANSLATION: 2023 © Tobin Schmuck, NYC
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Cantata BWV 173: Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut for Whit Monday [2nd Day of Pentecost] (1724?)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

BWV 173 Text: German-1 | German-6 | German-7 | NBA Text
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | English-14
Catalan-1 | Chinese-1 | Chinese-2 | Danish-1 | Dutch-0 | Dutch-3 | French-4 | French-5 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian-1 | Italian-2 | Norwegian-1 | Polish-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-1 | Russian-3 | Spanish-3 | Spanish-7 | Spanish/English-8

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Discussions: Texts: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Translations: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4




 

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