Anbetung der Weisen
Language: German (Deutsch)
O König du, im armen Stall,
wir fallen auf's Antlitz vor dir,
der Engel jubelnden Widerhall,
im Herzen hören ihn wir.
Nimm hin den Weihrauch, Myrrh'n und Gold,
nimm hin des Morgenlandes Gut.
Wir stehen, o König, in deinem Sold,
wir leben in deiner Hut.
Im Weihrauch steig' das Gebet empor
zu deinem Angesicht.
Tu' auf deiner Gnade weites Tor,
verschmähe die Bittenden nicht!
Die Myrrhe deutet die Bitterkeit,
dass du zu leiden kamst;
doch auch, dass du die Schmerzen geweiht,
von ihnen den Stachel nahmst.
Wie lautres Gold sei unsre Lieb',
so unverfälscht und rein.
Was uns an Hab' und Schätzen blieb,
all dies, o König, sei dein.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "The Worship of the Wisemen", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The Worship of the Wisemen
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Oh Thou King, in a poor stable,
We fall upon our faces before Thee,
The jubilant echoes of the angels
We hear within our hearts.
Accept the frankincense, myrrh, and gold,
Accept the treasures of the east.
We stand, oh King, in Thy service,
We live under Thy protection.
Amidst frankincense may our prayers rise
Before Thy face.
Open the wide gate of Thy mercy,
Do not spurn the pleading ones!
The myrrh signifies the bitterness
That Thou didst come to suffer;
But also that Thou hast sanctified the sorrows,
And taken their sting from them.
May our love [to Thee] be like refined gold,
So genuine and pure.
Whatever remains to us of [earthly] goods and treasures,
All of it, o King, shall be Thine.
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