Translation of the song BWV 20 Kantate„O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort“:11 Choir artist Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 20 Kantate„O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort“:11 Choir

English translation

O eternity, you word of thunder

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort,

O eternity, you word of thunder,

O Schwert, das durch die Seele bohrt,

O sword, that bores through the soul,

O Anfang sonder Ende!

O beginning without end!

O Ewigkeit, Zeit ohne Zeit,

O eternity, timeless time,

Ich weiß vor großer Traurigkeit

I know, faced with great sorrow,

Nicht, wichich mich hinwende.

not where to turn.

Nimm du mich, wenn es dir gefällt,

Take me, when it pleases You,

Herr Jesu, in dein Freudenzelt!

Lord Jesus, into Your fortress of joy!

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