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Cantata BWV 82
Ich habe genug
English Metrical Verse Translation
Cantate BWV 82 - I now have enough

Event: Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Text:
anonymous poet

Original German Text

English Translation

1. Aria B

1. Song

Oboe, Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo

Ich habe genug,
Ich habe den Heiland, das Hoffen der Frommen,
Auf meine begierigen Arme genommen;
Ich habe genug!

I now have enough.
I’ve taken the Savior, the hope of the righteous,
in my longing arms, to my heart I’ve embraced him.
I now have enough!
I’ve caught sight of him,

Ich hab ihn erblickt,
Mein Glaube hat Jesum ans Herze gedrückt;
Nun wünsch ich, noch heute mit Freuden
Von hinnen zu scheiden.

My faith has pressed Jesus now close to my heart;
now I wish, yet this day, with gladness
to depart from this world.
I now have enough!

 

2. Recitativo B

2. Recitation

Continuo

Ich habe genug.
Mein Trost ist nur allein,
Dass Jesus mein und ich sein eigen möchte sein.

I now have enough.
My comfort’s this alone:
that Jesus might be mine and I his own might be.

Im Glauben halt ich ihn,
Da seh ich auch mit Simeon
Die Freude jenes Lebens schon.
Laßt uns mit diesem Manne ziehn!
Ach! möchte mich von meines Leibes Ketten

In faith I cling to him;
as I see, too, with Simeon,
the joy of that life, see it now!.
With this man let us now fall in!
Ah, how I wish that from my body’s fetters

Der Herr erretten;
Ach! wäre doch mein Abschied hier,
Mit Freuden sagt ich, Welt, zu dir:
Ich habe genug.

the Lord might save me!
If now departure time had come,
I’d say with joy, O World, hear this:
I have now enough!

 

3. Aria B

3. Song

Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo

Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen,
Fallet sanft und selig zu!

Fall asleep, you weary eyes,
gently close with peace and blessing!

Welt, ich bleibe nicht mehr hier,
Hab ich doch kein Teil an dir,
Das der Seele könnte taugen.

World, I’m staying no more here,
I’ve in fact no part in you
that would to my soul have value.

Hier muss ich das Elend bauen,
Aber dort, dort werd ich schauen
Süßen Friede, stille Ruh.

I on Earth must build up sadness
but there, there I’ll see before me
sweetest peace and quiet rest.

 

4. Recitativo B

4. Recitation

Organo

Mein Gott! wann kömmt das schöne: Nun!

My God! when comes the lovely NOW!

Da ich im Friede fahren werde
Und in dem Sande kühler Erde
Und dort bei dir im Schoße ruhn?
Der Abschied ist gemacht,
Welt, gute Nacht!

when I in peace make my departure
and in the sand of the cool Earth
and there with you in your lap rest?
I’ve made all my farewells.
O World, Good night!

 

5. Aria B

5. Song

Oboe, Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo

Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod,
Ach, hätt er sich schon eingefunden.

I rejoice that I must die,
Ah, how I wish my death were over.

Da entkomm ich aller Not,
Die mich noch auf der Welt gebunden.

I’d be past all the distress
that me with the World entangles.

 
 

Metrical Verse Paraphrase by Paul Farseth, drawing on a prose translation by Francis Browne (September, 2026)

Contributed by Paul Farseth (September 2026)

Cantata BWV 82: Ich habe genug (genung) for Feast of Purification of Mary (1727)
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