Texts and translations
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV 159 Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
No 4 Aria
Es ist vollbracht,
Das Leid ist alle,
Wir sind von unserm Sündenfalle
In Gott gerecht gemacht.
Nun will ich eilen
Und meinem Jesu Dank erteilen
Welt, gute Nacht!
Es ist vollbracht!
Das Leid ist alle,
Wir sind von unserm Sündenfalle
In Gott gerecht gemacht.
Nun will ich eilen
Und meinem Jesu Dank erteilen
Welt, gute Nacht!
Es ist vollbracht!
It is complete,
The pain is over
We have been, from our sins,
by God restored to right.
Now I shall hurry
And to my Jesus impart thanks
World, good night!
It is accomplished!
The pain is over
We have been, from our sins,
by God restored to right.
Now I shall hurry
And to my Jesus impart thanks
World, good night!
It is accomplished!
Igor Stravinsky
The Rake’s Progress
Act 3 Scene 2 Aria
I burn! I freeze!
In shame I hear
My famished legions roar:
My own delay lost me my prey
And damns myself the more
Defeated, mocked, again I sink
In ice and flame to lie.
But Heaven’s will I’ll hate and till
Eternity defy.
Your sins, my foe, before I go
Give me some power to pain:
To reason blind shall be your mind;
Henceforth be you insane!
In shame I hear
My famished legions roar:
My own delay lost me my prey
And damns myself the more
Defeated, mocked, again I sink
In ice and flame to lie.
But Heaven’s will I’ll hate and till
Eternity defy.
Your sins, my foe, before I go
Give me some power to pain:
To reason blind shall be your mind;
Henceforth be you insane!