Text: | Christ the Lord is risen again! |
Author: | Michael Weisse, c. 1480-1534 |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 |
Tune: | WÜRTEMBURG |
Adapter: | W. H. Monk, 1823-89 |
1 Christ the Lord is risen again!
Christ hath broken every chain!
Hark, the angels shout for joy,
Singing evermore on high,
Alleluya!
2 He who gave for us his life,
Who for us endured the strife,
Is our Paschal Lamb to-day!
We too sing for joy, and say
Alleluya!
3 He who bore all pain and loss
Comfortless upon the Cross,
Lives in glory now on high,
Pleads for us, and hears our cry.
Alleluya!
4 He whose path no records tell,
Who descended into hell;
Who the strong man armed hath bound,
And in highest heaven is crowned.
Alleluya!
5 Now he bids us tell abroad
How the lost may be restored,
How the penitent forgiven,
How we too may enter heaven.
Alleluya!
6 Thou, our Paschal Lamb indeed,
Christ, to-day thy people feed;
Take our sins and guilt away,
That we all may sing for ay,
Alleluya!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Christ the Lord is risen again! |
Author: | Michael Weisse, c. 1480-1534 |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 |
Meter: | 77 77 and Alleluya |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Eastertide |
Source: | German |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WÜRTEMBURG |
Adapter: | W. H. Monk, 1823-89 |
Meter: | 77 77 and Alleluya |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Hundert Arien, Dresden, 1694 (later form of melody) |