- O Ewigkeit, Du Donnerwort, Op. 65, No. 42
[2:45]
Notes on score: "In Olden Style of the Suite" and "In the tempo of the dance-form called Rigaudon."
Instrument:
E.M. Skinner Organ, Opus 719 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Chicago, Illinois (1928) -
Samples by Brett Milan
- Chorale Text
German:
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort,
O Schwert, das durch die Seele bohrt,
O Anfang sonder Ende!
O Ewigkeit, Zeit ohne Zeit,
Ich weiß vor großer Traurigkeit
Nicht, wo ich mich hinwende
Mein ganz erschrocknes Herze bebt
Dass mir die Zung am Gaumen klebt.
--Johann Rist, 1642
English:
Eternity, thou thundrous word,
O sword that through the soul doth bore,
Beginning with no ending!
Eternity, time lacking time,
I know now faced with deepest grief
Not where to seek my refuge.
So much my frightened heart doth quake
That to my gums my tongue is stuck.
--Tr. Z. Philip Ambrose, used by permission
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