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J.S. Bach - Cantata "Wo soll ich fliehen hin?", BWV 5 (2/-)

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

"Der Sünden Wust hat mich nicht nur befleckt", Recitative (Bass) from the cantata "Wo soll ich fliehen hin?" (chorus), BWV 5 Mov. II

Lyrics for Mov.II
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GERMAN (original):
Der Sünden Wust hat mich nicht nur befleckt,
Er hat vielmehr den ganzen Geist bedeckt,
Gott müßte mich als unrein von sich treiben;
Doch weil ein Tropfen heilges Blut
So große Wunder tut,
Kann ich noch unverstoßen bleiben.
Die Wunden sind ein offnes Meer,
Dahin ich meine Sünden senke,
Und wenn ich mich zu diesem Strome lenke,
So macht er mich von meinen Flecken leer.

ENGLISH (translation):
Chaotic sin hath me not merely stained,
It hath, much worse, my soul completely veiled.
God surely would have banished me as sullied;
But since a drop of holy blood
Such mighty wonders doth,
I can still unrejected bide here.
Those wounds are now an open sea,
Wherein I may sink my transgressions,
And when I steer my course into these waters,
Then doth he me of all my stains make free.

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  • Lovely cantata!

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