Weeping, Lamentation, Worry and Despair (Cantata No. 12)
1. Sinfonia
2. Chorus
Weeping, lamentation,
worry, despair,
anguish and trouble
are the Christian’s bread of tears,
that bear the marks of Jesus.
3. Recitative (alto)
We must enter the Kingdom
of God through much sorrow.
4. Aria (alto)
Cross and crown
are bound together,
struggle and reward are united.
Christians have at all times
their suffering and their enemy,
yet their comforts
are Christ’s wounds.
5. Aria (baritone)
I follow after Christ,
I will not let go of Him
in prosperity and hardship,
in life and mortality.
I kiss Christ’s shame,
I will embrace His cross.
I follow after Christ,
I will not let go of Him.
6. Aria (tenor, with trumpet)
Be faithful,
all pain will yet be only a little thing.
After the rain blessing blossoms,
all storms pass away.
Be faithful, be faithful!
7. Chorale
What God does, is well done,
I will cling to this.
Along the harsh path
trouble, death and misery may drive me.
Yet God will,
just like a father,
hold me in His arms:
therefore I let Him alone rule.
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Aria:
from Cantata No. 208,
the “Hunting Cantata”
Sheep can graze securely
where a good shepherd watches.
Where rulers govern well
quiet and peace can be experienced
and all that makes countries happy.
Translations © Pamela Dellal, Courtesy Emmanuel Music Inc.
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