Des Ewigen und der Sterblichen Sohn

Des Ewigen und der Sterblichen Sohn
Er tut den ersten Schritt ins Heiligtum,
Er wird geboren!

Bald wird er ins Allerheiligste gehen
Zum hohen Kreuz, zur Nacht, zum Blutaltar,
Zum Todeshügel!

Im Weltgericht geht er wieder heraus.
Dann sinkt vor ihm der Vorhang, und enthüllt
Was war, und sein wird!

Du furchtbarer! Und du weinendes Kind!
Was soll ich tun, in dem Gericht zu stehn,
Das du dann richtest?

Submitted by Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788), "Des Ewigen und der Sterblichen Sohn", H 844 no. 2 [voice and piano], confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]

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