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Oh, Fronte Ensangüentada!

Representative Text

1. Ó, fronte ensanguentada,
Em tanto opróbrio e dor!
De espinhos, coroada,
Com ódio e com furor!
Tão gloriosa, outrora!
Tão bela, varonil!
Tão abatida agora,
De afronta, escárnio vil!

2. Tão humilhada, pende
A face do Senhor.
Não vive, não resplende,
Já não tem luz nem cor!
Ó, crime inominável,
Fazer anuviar
O brilho inigualável
De um piedoso olhar!

3. Sê meu Refúgio forte,
Meu Guia, Vida e Luz!
Que eu sinta, vendo a morte,
Conforto em Tua cruz.
Na cruz, com fé, me abrigo;
Se eu vir que ao lado estás,
Eu me unirei contigo,
E hei de dormir em paz!

Source: Louvores ao Rei #96

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Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

Translator: Isaac Nicolau Salum

(no biographical information available about Isaac Nicolau Salum.) Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Oh, fronte ensangüentada
Title: Oh, Fronte Ensangüentada!
English Title: O Sacred Head Now Wounded (O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden)
Author: Paul Gerhardt (1656)
Translator: Isaac Nicolau Salum (1950)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: Portuguese
Publication Date: 1991
Copyright: Copyright translation 1990 JUERP. All rights reserved.
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Tune

PASSION CHORALE (Hassler)

The tune HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN has been associated with Gerhardt's text ["O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"] since they were first published together in 1656. The tune's first association with a sacred text was its attachment in 1913 [sic: should read 1613] to Christoph Knoll's funeral text "Herzl…

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Instances

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Hinário para o Culto Cristão #130

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #130
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Louvores ao Rei #96

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