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Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen

Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin
 (Sung text for setting by J. Bach)
 Matches base text

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin,
Nimm mein Herze zum Geschenke.
Alles, alles, was ich bin,
Was ich rede, tu und denke,
Soll, mein Heiland, nur allein
Dir zum Dienst gewidmet sein.

Composition:

    Set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin", BWV 65 (1724), from cantata Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Ebenezer Prout) , "Take me to Thee for Thine own"
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 32
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