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XXXVI.: Der du bist Drei in Einigkeit. Thou, who art Three in Unity. - Martin Luther, The Hymns of Martin Luther [1884]

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Dr. Martin Luther’s Deutsche Geistliche Lieder. The Hymns of Martin Luther set to their original Melodies with an English version, ed. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Nathan H. Allen (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1884).

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XXXVI.

Der du bist Drei in Einigkeit.
Thou, who art Three in Unity.

An imitation from the Gregorian hymn, “O lux beata trinitas.”

Translation adapted from R. Massie.

Original Latin Melody.

Harmony in von Tucher, 18—.

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    • 1Der du bist drei in Einigkeit,
    • Ein wahrer Gott von Ewigkeit;
    • Die Sonn’ mit dem Tag von uns weicht:
    • Lass leuchten uns dein göttlich Licht.
    • 2Des Morgens, Gott, dich loben wir,
    • Des Abends auch beten für dir,
    • Unser armes Lied rühmt dich
    • Jetzt und immer und ewiglich.
    • 3Gott Vater, dem sei ewig Ehr,
    • Gott Sohn der ist der einig’ Herr,
    • Und dem Tröster heiligen Geist,
    • Von nun an bis in Ewigkeit.
    • 1Thou who art Three in Unity,
    • True God from all eternity,
    • The sun is fading from our sight,
    • Shine thou on us with heavenly light.
    • 2We praise thee with the dawning day,
    • To thee at evening also pray,
    • With our poor song we worship thee
    • Now, ever and eternally.
    • 3Let God the Father be adored,
    • And God the Son, the only Lord,
    • And equal adoration be,
    • Eternal Comforter, to thee.