Text: | Christ the Lord Is Risen Again |
Author: | Michael Weisse, c. 1480-1534 |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 |
Tune: | CHRISTUS IST ERSTANDEN |
1 Christ the Lord is ris'n again;
Christ has broken death's strong chain.
Hark, the angels shout for joy,
Singing evermore on high: Hallelujah!
2 He who gave for us his life,
Who for us endured the strife,
Is our Paschal Lamb today.
We, too, sing for joy and say: Hallelujah!
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: Hallelujah!
4 He whose path no records tell
Has descended into hell;
He the strong man armed has bound
And in highest heav'n is crowned. Hallelujah!
5 He who slumbered in the grave
Is exalted now to save;
Now through Christendom it rings
That the Lamb is King of kings. Hallelujah!
6 Now he bids us tell abroad
How the lost may be restored,
How the penitent forgiv'n,
How we, too, may enter heav'n. Hallelujah!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Christ the Lord is ris'n again |
Title: | Christ the Lord Is Risen Again |
Author: | Michael Weisse, c. 1480-1534 (abr.) |
Translator: | Catherine Winkworth, 1827-78 (alt.) |
Meter: | 77 77 4 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Easter |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CHRISTUS IST ERSTANDEN |
Meter: | 77 77 4 |
Key: | a minor |
Source: | Latin melody, c. 1100, adapt. |
Copyright: | Setting © The Church Pension Fund. Used by permission. |