Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75: VII. Ad Faciem - Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner, Capella Angelica

Concerto

Illustra faciem tuam super servum tuum,

salvum me fac in misericordia tua (Ps 31, 17)

Aria (contralto, tenore e basso).

Salve, caput cruentatum,

totum spinis coronatum,

conquassatum, vulneratum,

arundine verberatum

facie sputis illita

Aria (contralto)

Dum me mori est necesse,

noli mihi tunc deesse,

in tremenda mortis hora

veni, Jesu, absque mora,

tuere me et libera

Aria (cinque voci)

Cum me jubes emigrare,

Jesu care, tunc appare,

o amator amplectende,

temet ipsum tunc ostende

in cruce salutifera.

Concerto

Amen

In concert

Shine your face upon your servant

save me in your mercy (Ps 31:17)

Aria (contralto, tenor e basso).

Hail, bloody head

all crowned with thorns

shaken, wounded

beaten with a cane

his face smeared with spittle

Aria (alto)

While I must die

don't miss me then

in the terrible hour of death

come, Jesus, without delay

protect me and my children

Aria (five voices)

When you order me to emigrate

love Jesus, then appear

oh lover embracing

then show the fear itself

in the salutary cross.

In concert

Amen