Chorale 32 – Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
Text known to Bach (Weimar 1713):
Hertzliebster Jesu/ was hast du verbrochen/
daß man ein solch scharf Urtheil hat gesprochen?
Was ist die Schuld? In was für Missethaten/
bist du gerathen?
English
Dearest Jesu, what could you have committed
that such a harsh sentence be
pronounced?
Of what are you guilty? Into what sort of wrongdoing have you fallen?
Origination:
Melody: Johann Crüger (1598-1662) – Newes vollkömliches Gesangbuch 1640
Text: Johann Heermann (1585-1647) – Leipzig/Breslau 1630
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