by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
Translation by The brothers Wedderburn (James, John and Robert) (flourished 1548)
O my deir hert Matches base text
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
O my deir hert, young Jesus sweit, Prepare thy creddil in my spreit, And I sall rock thee in my hert And never mair from thee depart. But I sall praise thee evermoir With sangis sweit unto thy gloir; The knees of my heart sall I bow, And sing that richt Balulalow!
Note: freely adapted from stanzas 13 and 14 of Martin Luther's text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "O my deir hert", 1922
Text Authorship:
- by The brothers Wedderburn (James, John and Robert) (flourished 1548) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Martin Luther (1483 - 1546), "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Corien Sleeswijk) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 52