A Love Poem

J.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
(Cantata for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Trinity)

4. Chorale
Zion hears the watchmen sing,
her heart leaps for joy within her,
she wakens and hastily arises.
Her glorious Friend comes from heaven,
strong in mercy, powerful in truth,
her light becomes bright, her star rises.
Now come, precious crown,
Lord Jesus, the Son of God!
Hosannah!
We all follow to the hall of joy
and hold the evening meal together.

5. Recitative
So come in to Me,
you My chosen bride!
I have to you
eternally behtrothed Myself.
I will set you upon My heart,
upon My arm as a seal,
and delight your troubled eye.
Forget, O soul, now
the fear, the pain;
which you have had to suffer
upon My left hand you shall rest, 
and My right hand shall kiss you.

6. Area - Duet (Dialogue - Soul, Jesus)
My Friend is mine,
--and I am yours,--
love will never part us.
I will with You
--you will with Me--
graze among heaven's roses,
where complete pleasure and delight will be.