Who knows how near is my last hour?
Cantata for the Sunday after Trinity BWV 27, 1726
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, english translationhtml file, Singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Coro e RecitativoWo knows how near is my last hour?
2 Recitativo (Tenore)
Our God knows this and only He.
Perchance my pilgrimage on earth is short,
mayhap longer will it be.
For there goes Time,
and here comes Death.
And one day it will come to pass
that Time and Death will run together.
Ah, how too suddenly and swiftly
will come my final dying breath!
Who knows, but that today
my lips my final word will say?
So pray I ev’ry hour:
My God, in Jesus’ name I pray,
send Thou a blessed death to me!Throughout my life, o Lord, I pray:
that I at death Thy blessing merit,
and thus my share of grace inherit....
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, originalhtml file, Singing text, original (Sample)1 Coro e Recitativo (Soprano, Alto, Tenore)
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende?
2 Recitativo (Tenore)
Das weiß der liebe Gott allein,
ob meine Wallfahrt auf der Erden kurz
oder länger möge sein.
Hin geht die Zeit, her kömmt der Tod,
und endlich kömmt es doch so weit,
dass sie zusammentreffen werden.
Ach, wie geschwinde und behende
kann kommen meine Todesnot!
Wer weiß, ob heute nicht
mein Mund die letzten Worte spricht!
Drum bet' ich alle Zeit:
Mein Gott, ich bitt' durch Christi Blut,
mach's nur mit meinem Ende gut!Mein Leben hat kein ander Ziel,
als dass ich möge selig sterben
und meines Glaubens Anteil erben;
drum leb' ich allezeit...
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
| 1685-1750Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most important composers of Western music history. He came from a widely ramified musical dynasty, which produced numerous musicians and organists in the Thuringian-Saxon area.
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Editor
Hans Grischkat
| 1903-1977
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Songwriter / Librettist
Erdmann Neumeister
| 1671-1756
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