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1. Laßt uns erfreuen herzlich sehr,
Maria seufzt und weint nicht mehr!
Alleluja!
Verschwunden sind die Nebel all,
jetzt glänzt der lieben Sonne Strahl,
O lobt Ihn: Alleluja!
2. Wo ist, o freudenreiches Herz,
wo ist dein Weh, wo ist dein Schmerz?
Alleluja!
Wie wohl ist dir, o Herz, wie wohl,
nun bist du aller Freuden voll!
O lobt Ihn: Alleluja! 2.
3. Sag an, Maria, Jungfrau rein,
kommt das nicht von dem Sohne dein?
Alleluja!
Ach ja, dein Sohn erstanden ist.
Kein Wunder, daß du fröhlich bist.
O lobt Ihn: Alleluja!
4. Aus seinen Wunden fließen her
fünf Freudenseen, fünf Freudenmeer.
Alleluja!
Die Freud sich über dich ergoß
und durch dein Herz die Freude floß.
O lobt Ihn: Alleluja!
English text
1 Ye watchers and ye holy ones, Bright seraphs, cherubim and thrones, Raise the glad strain, Alleluia! Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers, Virtues, archangels, angels’ choirs:
R: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 O higher than the cherubim, More glorious than the seraphim, Lead their praises, Alleluia! Thou bearer of th’eternal Word, Most gracious, magnify the Lord.
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3 Respond, ye souls in endless rest, Ye patriarchs and prophets blest, Alleluia! Alleluia! Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong, All saints triumphant, raise the song.
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4 :O friends, in gladness let us sing, Supernal anthems echoing, Alleluia! Alleluia! To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One.
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Lyrics: John A. L. Riley, in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 519.