Recitative. O sinners, bear with patience | O sinners, bear with patience

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Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Recitativo. O Sünder, trage mit Geduld

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

O Sünder, trage mit Geduld,
Was du durch deine Schuld
Dir selber zugezogen!
Das Unrecht säufst du ja
Wie Wasser in dich ein,
Und diese Sündenwassersucht
Ist zum Verderben da
Und wird dir tödlich sein.
Der Hochmut aß vordem von der verbotnen Frucht,
Gott gleich zu werden;
Wie oft erhebst du dich mit schwülstigen Gebärden,
Dass du erniedrigt werden musst.
Wohlan, bereite deine Brust,
Dass sie den Tod und Grab nicht scheut,
So kämmst du durch ein selig Sterben
Aus diesem sündlichen Verderben
Zur Unschuld und zur Herrlichkeit.

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. O Sünder, trage mit Geduld", BWV 114 no. 3 (1724) [ bass, continuo ], from cantata Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Recitative. O sinners, bear with patience", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Récitatif. O pécheur, supporte avec patience", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-23
Line count: 17
Word count: 88

Recitative. O sinners, bear with patience

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

O sinners, bear with patience
What you, through your own doing,
Have brought upon yourselves!
You guzzle falsehood
As if it were water;
And this bloat of sinful brew
Leads to your ruin
And will be fatal to you.
In days of old, prideful ones ate of the forbidden fruit,
In order to become like God;
How often you extol yourself with pompous gesture,
Saying that you must be humbled.
Well then! Prepare your heart,
That it not shy away from death or the grave,
Thus might you pass through a blessed death,
Coming out of this sinful damnation
To innocence and to glory.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-07
Line count: 17
Word count: 104