Chorale: Ich freue mich in dir - Text & Translation

Ich freue mich in dir Text and Translation of Chorale
EKG: Author: Kaspar (Caspar) Ziegler (1697)

Chorale Melody 1: O Gott, du frommer Gott - Melody 1 \| Composer: Anon (1539)
Vocal Works by J.S. Bach:
Ver	Work	Mvt.	Year	Br	RE	KE	Di		BC	Type
All	BWV 465	-	b 1736	-	-	-			F231	Sacred Song [S]
BWV 465: Schemelli 13 (or 194) “Ich freue mich in dir”

Chorale Melody 2: O Gott, du frommer Gott - Melody 3 \| Composer: Ahasverus Fritsch (1679)
Vocal Works by J.S. Bach:
Ver	Work	Mvt.	Year	Br	RE	KE	Di		BC	Type
4	BWV 197a	Mvt. 7	1728	-	-	-			A11:7	Chorale [S, A, T, B]
^-	BWV 1125	-	?	-	-	-	113			Chorale
^-	BWV 398	-	1728	311	277	312			F45.2b	Chorale [S, A, T, B]
BWV 1125: “O Gott, du frommer Gott” probably from a lost cantata BWV 398 = BWV 197a/7

Chorale Melody 3: O Gott, du frommer Gott - Melody 4 \| Composer: Anon
Vocal Works by J.S. Bach:
Ver	Work	Mvt.	Year	Br	RE	KE	Di		BC	Type
1	BWV 133	Mvt. 1	1724	-	-	-	-		A16:1	Chorus (Chorale) [S, A, T, B]
4	BWV 133	Mvt. 6	1724	61	181	60	56		A16:6	Chorale [S, A, T, B]

	German Text (verses in bold print set by Bach)							English Translation
1	Ich freue mich in dir Und heiße dich willkommen, Mein liebstes Jesulein; Du hast dir vorgenommen, Mein Brüderlein zu sein. Ach, wie ein süßer Ton! Wie freundlich sieht er aus, Der große Gottessohn!							I rejoice in you and bid you welcome, my dearest little Jesus; you have resolved to be my little brother. Ah! what a sweet sound! How friendly he looks, the great son of God!
2	Gott senkt die Majestät, Sein unbegreiflich Wesen, In eines Menschen Leib; Nun muß die Welt genesen. Der allerhöchste Gott Spricht freundlich bei mir ein, Wird gar ein kleines Kind Und heißt mein Jesulein.							God lowers his majesty, his incomprehensible being, into a human body; now the world must grow better. The most high God speaks as a friend with me, he even becomes a small child and is called my little Jesus.
3	Wie lieblich klingt es mir, Wie schallt es in die Ohren! Es kann durch Stahl und Erz Und harte Felsen bohren, Das liebste Jesulein. Wer Jesum recht erkennt, Der stirbt nicht, wenn er stirbt, Sobald er Jesum nennt.							How dear this [name] sounds to me, how it resounds in my ears! It can pierce through steel and bronze and hard rock, my dearest little Jesus. The person who rightly knows Jesus does not die when he dies, as soon as he names Jesus.
4	Wohlan, so will ich mich An dich, o Jesu, halten, Und sollte gleich die Welt In tausend Stücke spalten. O Jesu, dir, nur dir, Dir leb' ich ganz allein, Auf dich, allein auf dich, Mein Jesu, schlaf' ich ein.							Come then, I want to cling to you, o Jesus, even if the world at once were to split in a thousand pieces. O Jesus, for you, only for you, for you alone may I live, inyou, alone in you, my Jesus, may I sleep.
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English Translation by Francis Browne (April 2003) Contributed by Francis Browne (April 2003)
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