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Gott, drücke, wenn das Herz mir bricht mir selbst die Augen zu, und zeige mir Dein Angesicht dort in der ew'gen Ruh'!
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Authorship
- by Paul Gerhardt (1606 - 1676) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Es ist noch eine Ruhe vorhanden dem Volk Gottes", published 1882..
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2006-05-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 22
God, when my heart breaks [in death], press My eyes shut Yourself, And show me Your face There in [that place of] eternal rest!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Gerhardt (1606 - 1676)
This text was added to the website: 2006-05-08
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Word count: 24