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Text for Cantata 53
Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde

Original German Text

English Translation

ARIA (Alt)

Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde,
brich doch an, gewünschter Tag!
Kommt, ihr Engel, auf mich zu,
öffnet mir die Himmels-Auen,
meinen Jesum bald zu schauen
in vergnügter Seelen-Ruh'.
Ich begehr' von Herzens Grunde
nur den letzten Seigerschlag.

Do strike, desired hour,
do dawn, you desired day!
Come before me, you angels,
open to me heaven’s pastures,
soon to behold my Jesus
in pleasant tranquility.
I yearn from the depths of my heart
only for that final stroke of the pendulum!


COMPOSED: likely Georg Melchior Hoffmann ca. 1730 (Leipzig) for an unknown occasion, perhaps a funeral
LIBRETTIST: unknown
TRANSLATION: 2017 © Tobin Schmuck, NYC
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Cantata BWV 53: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde for Funeral (c1730)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

BWV 53 Text: German-5 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-10
Chinese-2 | Dutch-0 | French-5 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hebrew-3 | Italian-5 | Norwegian-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2

Georg Melchior Hoffmann: Short Biography
Works: Cantata BWV 53 | Cantata BWV 189 | Little Magnificat BWV Anh 21

Non-Bach Cantatas: Details & Discographies: BWV 15 | BWV 53 | BWV 141 | BWV 142 | BWV 160 | BWV 189 | BWV 200 | BWV 217 | BWV 218 | BWV 219 | BWV 220 | BWV 221 | BWV 222
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

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