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#31 from Lutheran Book of Worship
Wake, awake, for night is flying
Tune
Wachet Auf
Metric Index
P M
Key & Modality
C Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (three verses)
1.
Wake, awake, for night is flying,
The watchmen on the heights are crying;
Awake, Jerusalem, at last.
Midnight hears the welcome voices,
And at the thrilling cry rejoices:
"Come forth, you maidens! Night is past.
The bridegroom comes! Awake;
Your lamps with gladness take!"
Alleluia!
Prepare yourselves to meet the Lord,
Whose light has stirred the waiting guard.
The watchmen on the heights are crying;
Awake, Jerusalem, at last.
Midnight hears the welcome voices,
And at the thrilling cry rejoices:
"Come forth, you maidens! Night is past.
The bridegroom comes! Awake;
Your lamps with gladness take!"
Alleluia!
Prepare yourselves to meet the Lord,
Whose light has stirred the waiting guard.
2.
Zion hears the watchmen singing,
And in her heart new joy is springing.
She wakes, she rises from her gloom,
For her Lord comes down all-glorious,
The strong in grace, in truth victorious.
Her Star is ris'n; her light is come.
Oh, come, you Blessed One,
Lord Jesus, God's own Son.
Sing hosanna!
We go until the halls we view
Where you have bid us dine with you.
And in her heart new joy is springing.
She wakes, she rises from her gloom,
For her Lord comes down all-glorious,
The strong in grace, in truth victorious.
Her Star is ris'n; her light is come.
Oh, come, you Blessed One,
Lord Jesus, God's own Son.
Sing hosanna!
We go until the halls we view
Where you have bid us dine with you.
3.
Now let all the heav'ns adore you,
And saints and angels sing before you.
The harps and cymbals all unite.
Of one pearl each shining portal,
Where, dwelling with the choir immortal,
We gather round your dazzling light.
No eye has seen, no ear
Has yet been trained to hear.
What joy is ours!
Crescendos rise; your halls resound;
Hosannas blend in cosmic sound.
And saints and angels sing before you.
The harps and cymbals all unite.
Of one pearl each shining portal,
Where, dwelling with the choir immortal,
We gather round your dazzling light.
No eye has seen, no ear
Has yet been trained to hear.
What joy is ours!
Crescendos rise; your halls resound;
Hosannas blend in cosmic sound.
Hymn References
Author
Philip Nicolai 1556-1608
Composer
Philipp Nicolai 1556-1608
Original Language
German
Publication Date
1978
Topic
Advent; Advent 1; Pentecost 24 (Year A); Judgment; Watchfulness (2 more...)
Translator
Catherine Winkworth 1827-1878 (alt.)
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#436 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / Wake, awake, for night is flying (C Major ) [click to view]#61 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / "Sleepers, wake!" A voice astounds us (C Major ) [click to view]
#62 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / "Sleepers, wake!" A voice astounds us (C Major ) [click to view]
#484 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / Praise the Lord through every nation (C Major ) [click to view]
#485 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / Praise the Lord through every nation (C Major ) [click to view]
#247 in Lutheran Book of Worship / Holy Majesty, before you (C Major ) [click to view]
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