Recitative. Were my body and soul to wither | Were my body and soul to wither

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Recitativo. Es mag mir Leib und Geist...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Es mag mir Leib und Geist verschmachten,
Bist du, o Jesu, mein
Und ich bin dein,
Will ichs nicht achten.
Dein treuer Mund
Und dein unendlich Lieben,
Das unverändert stets geblieben,
Erhält mir noch den ersten Bund,
Der meine Brust mit Freudigkeit erfüllet
Und auch des Todes Furcht, des Grabes Schrecken stillet.
Fällt Not und Mangel gleich von allen Seiten ein,
Mein Jesus wird mein Schatz und Reichtum sein.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Recitativo. Es mag mir Leib und Geist verschmachten", BWV 3 no. 4 (1725) [ tenor and continuo ], from cantata Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid I, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Recitative. Were my body and soul to wither", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

Recitative. Were my body and soul to wither

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Were my body and soul to wither,
You are mine, O Jesus,
And I am yours,
It wouldn’t even concern me.
Your true word [mouth]
And your ceaseless love,
That will remain unchanged forever,
Uphold me still with the bond
That has filled my heart with joy from the first,
And calmed the fear of death and the terror of the grave.
Were tribulation and want to assail from every side,
Jesus would remain my beloved and my treasure.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 79