Chorale 75 – Wir haben schwerlich
Text known to Bach (Weimar 1713):
Wir haben schwerlich :/:
Herr Gott für dir gesündiget*/ :/:
das sich ietzt leider unter uns befindet :/:
gleich wie die Alten :/:
haben wir uns gehalten/
sündlich zu walten.
* gesündiget = gesünd’get
We have heavily
sinned against you, Lord God;
which is now our sad state of being,
just as our forefathers,
we have stayed
disposed to sin.
Origination:Melody: Anon. – Gotha 1648 (Johann Michael Schall)
Text: Gotha 1648, incerti autoris
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