Forget all your hurt and pain!
It's the summons of Christ's own voice
Calling you from death's dark vale.
From sorrow and all misery
You're to be saved eternally
Nothing has been heard like it
And it is to last without end.
2. Day and night I have been calling
To my Lord, the living God.
Just too much was all my suffering,
But he'll save me in the end.
As a weary traveller yearns
To reach the goal of his tough ways
So I too have long been yearning
To see the end of my sojourning.
3. For just as the roses blooming
Right amongst those thorns and spikes
So Christians are always dwelling
Midst danger, fear plus all the likes.
As ocean waves are always there,
Storming gales don't stop causing fear
So our earthly lives are also
Filled with threats and trouble more so.
4. World and devil, sin and hell's fire,
Our own human flesh and blood
Plague our souls with evil desire
Leave no thoughts of truly good.
We are full of fear and sore,
Hard lots press since we are born
Making life a sorry story –
That's the whole truth for far too many.
5. Therefore Jesus Christ have mercy,
You are the only hope!
Draw still closer and then help us
For you only truly can.
Lift our hearts in faith to you,
That we trust what you're to do
Our salvation and your glory
Are the happy end of life's story!
6. O my soul hear this and rejoice!
Forget all your hurt and pain!
It's the summons of Christ's own voice
Calling you from death's dark vale.
You're to see his glorious pride
Never ending on his side
Triumph, triumph, jubilation –
It`s your final summation!
2009 Translation of "Freu Dich sehr, o meine Seele und vergiß all Not und Qual ..." 1620 in Saxony. LKG 359 by Wilhelm Weber.
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