My heart - while the whole world
at Jesus' suffering also suffers;
the sun clothes itself in mourning,
the curtain is rent,
the rock crumbles,
the earth quakes,
the graves split open,
because they see the Creator grow cold in death -
what will you (my heart) do for your part?
Dissolve then, my heart,
in floods of tears
to honour the Most High!
Declare to the world
and to heaven the distress:
your Jesus is dead!
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at Jesus' suffering also suffers;
the sun clothes itself in mourning,
the curtain is rent,
the rock crumbles,
the earth quakes,
the graves split open,
because they see the Creator grow cold in death -
what will you (my heart) do for your part?
Dissolve then, my heart,
in floods of tears
to honour the Most High!
Declare to the world
and to heaven the distress:
your Jesus is dead!
-----
J. S. Bach, 34 Arioso (Tenor), 35 Aria (Soprano), Burial (Part II), St. John Passion
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