O Food to pilgrims given (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-15). Score information: A4, 1 page, 56 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-15). Score information: A4, 1 page, 97 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: O Food to pilgrims given
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Tune: Innsbruck
Lyricist:
- Translation by John Athelstan Laurie Riley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn, Chorale Meter: 776. 778
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published:
Description: Original words: Latin, 1661; chorale arrangement as found in the St Matthew Passion
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Original text and translations
English text
O Food to pilgrims given,
O Bread of life from heaven,
O Manna from on high!
We hunger; Lord, supply us,
nor thy delights deny us,
whose hearts to thee draw nigh.
O stream of love past telling,
O purest fountain, welling
from out the Savior’s side!
We faint with thirst; revive us,
of thine abundance give us,
and all we need provide.
O Jesus, by thee bidden,
we here adore thee, hidden
in forms of bread and wine.
Grant when the veil is riven,
we may behold, in heaven,
thy countenance divine.