- Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 730
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Very short decorated chorale (especially in the second half). One can imagine a priest saying "Listen to three Liebster Jesu's and and one In Dir ist
Freude" for penance, if private confessions were a part of Lutheran custom, that is.
Instrument:
Casavant, Opus 3246 (1975) at Grace Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois - Samples by Brett Milan
- Chorale Text
German:
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier,
dich und dein Wort unzuhören;
lenke Sinnen und Begier
auf die süssen Himmelslehren,
dass die Herzen von der Erden
ganz zu dir gezogen werden.
English:
Blessed Jesu, at Thy word
We are gathered all to hear Thee;
Let our hearts and souls be stirred
Now to seek and love and fear Thee;
By Thy teachings sweet and holy
Drawn from earth to love Thee solely.
--Tr. C. Winkworth
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