German:
1. Ach wir armen Sünder! Unsre Missetat,
Darinn wir empfangen und geboren sind,
Hat gebracht uns alle in so grosse Not,
Dass wir unterworfen sind dem ewgen Tod.
Kyrie, eleison!
Christe, eleison!
Kyrie, eleison!
2. Aus dem Tod wir konnten durch unsr eigen Werk
Nimmer wern errettet die Sünd war zu stark
Dass wir würden erlöset, so konnt's nicht anders sein;
Denn Gottes Sohn musst leiden des Todes bittre Pein.
Kyrie, eleison!
Christe, eleison!
Kyrie, eleison!
3. Solche grosse Gnad und väterlich Gunst
Hat uns Gott erzeiget lauter gar umsonst,
In Christo senm Sohne, der sich gegeben hat
In den Tod des Kreuzes, zu unsrer Seligkeit.
Kyrie, eleison!
Christe, eleison!
Kyrie, eleison!
--Hermann Bonnus (1504-1548)
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English:
1. Oh we poor sinners! Our misdeeds,
Which we received and were born with
Have brought us into so large an emergency
That we are subjected to eternal death.
Lord , have mercy!
Christ, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy!
2. From death we knew that through our own work
We could never be saved from sins that were so strong
That we would be released, so it cannot be otherwise,
That God's son must suffer death's bitter agony.
Lord , have mercy!
Christ, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy!
3. Such great mercy and fatherly favor
[Have been shown to us]
In Christ his Son, who has been given
Unto the death of the Cross for our salvation.
Lord , have mercy!
Christ, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy!
--Composite
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