Text: | Why, Herod, unrelenting foe! |
Translator (into English): | Richard Massie |
Translator (into German): | Dr. Martin Luther |
Tune: | SEDULIUS (Was fürct'st du, Feind Herodes, sehr) |
Harmonizer: | M. Praetorius |
1 Why, Herod, unrelenting foe!
Doth Christ the Lord’s birth move thee so?
He doth no earthly kingdom crave;
Who unto us heav'n's kingdom gave.
2 The star before the wise men goes,
This light to them the true Light shows;
They, by the three gifts which they bring,
Declare this Child: God, Man, and King.
3 He was baptized in Jordan's flood,
The holy, heavenly Lamb of God,
And He, who did no sin, thereby
Cleansed us from all iniquity!
4 And now a miracle is done:
Six water pots are there of stone,
Christ speaks the word with power divine--
The water changes into wine.
5 All honor, praise to Thee be paid,
O Christ, born of the virgin maid,
With Father and with Holy Ghost,
Till time in endless time be lost.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Why, Herod, unrelenting foe! |
Translator (into English): | Richard Massie (1854) |
Translator (into German): | Dr. Martin Luther (1541) |
Meter: | L. M. No. 1 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1908 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Epiphany; Second Sunday after Epiphany |
Source: | Latin |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. From the German text: Was fuerchtst du, Feind herodes, sehr |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SEDULIUS (Was fürct'st du, Feind Herodes, sehr) |
Harmonizer: | M. Praetorius (1609) |
Meter: | L. M. No. 1 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | David Wolder's G. B., Hamburg, 1598 |
Notes: | Public Domain. |