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Cantata BWV 53
Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde
English Translation in Parallel Format
Cantata BWV 53 - Strike then, longed for hour

Event: Cantata for Funeral
Text: Anon
Composer: Georg Melchior Hoffmann ?

Biblical quotations in green font, chorales in purple

 

Original German Text

 

English Translation

1

Aria A

1

Aria [Alto]

       
 

Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde,
Brich doch an, du schöner Tag!

 

Strike then, longed for hour,
dawn, beautiful day!

 

Kommt, ihr Engel, auf mich zu,
Öffnet mir die Himmelsauen,
Meinen Jesum bald zu schauen
In vergnügter Seelenruh'!
Ich begehr' von Herzensgrunde
Nur den letzten Zeigerschlag!

 

Come,you angels, to me,
open for me the fields of heaven,
so that I am able to behold my Jesus

in contented peace of soul!
I yearn from the bottom of my heart

only for the very last tick of the clock!

Note : in some texts the last line is:

   
 

Nur den letzten Seigerschlag!

 

only for the last victorious stroke!

       

This Translation in Interlinear Format

English Translation by Francis Browne (July 2008)

Contributed by Francis Browne (July 2008)

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




 

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