Johann Sebastian Bach

back

BWV 517
Title How blest I am, O friend of spirits
Composed 1733, Leipzig
Scoring

Unknown

Movements Aria: How blest I am, O friend of spirits
Category Spiritual Arias and Songs (Notenbuch of Anna Magdalena Bach)
Event -
Author of text Wolfgang Christoph Dressler 1692
Text
Aria


How blest I am, O friend of spirits,
When I within thy love may rest.
I climb forth from the depths of sadness
And hasten to thine arms' embrace.
Then must the night of sorrow vanish
When with such great joy and gladness
Pure love doth beam from thy dear breast.
Here is on earth now my true heaven,
Who would not rest in full contentment
Who in thee findeth rest and joy.

Manuscript Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach 1733/1734

Top of page