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“Der du die Zeit in Händen hast”

“Der du die Zeit in Händen hast”

Last updated on: February 29, 2004 at 4:20 pm by Clint Schnekloth

“Der du die Zeit in Händen hast” 2004-02-29T16:20:00-05:00 Clint Schnekloth

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“Der du die Zeit in Händen hast”

Jochen Klepper–from Kyrie-Geistliche Lieder

Part of my lenten discipline is putting some of Klepper’s poetry into singing English. Failing that, perhaps some halting English. Here it is in German. I’ll be posting some drafts for whatever you may make of it this Lent. You can find other texts of his here. Sorry, German readers only. Which is why I am translating.

1: Der du die Zeit in Händen hast,

Herr, nimm auch dieses Jahres Last

und wandle sie in Segen.

Nun von dir selbst in Jesus Christ

die Mitte fest gewiesen ist,

führ uns dem Ziel entgegen.

2: Da alles, was der Mensch beginnt,

vor seinen Augen noch zerrinnt,

sei du selbst der Vollender.

Die Jahre, die du uns geschenkt,

wenn deine Güte uns nicht lenkt,

veralten wie Gewänder.

3: Wer ist hier, der vor dir besteht?

Der Mensch, sein Tag, sein Werk vergeht:

nur du allein wirst bleiben.

Nur Gottes Jahr währt für und für,

drum kehre jeden Tag zu dir,

weil wir im Winde treiben.

Ps 102,25-28

4: Der Mensch ahnt nichts von seiner Frist.

Du aber bleibest, der du bist,

in Jahren ohne Ende.

Wir fahren hin durch deinen Zorn,

und doch strömt deiner Gnade Born

in unsre leeren Hände.

Ps 90,9

5: Und diese Gaben, Herr, allein

laß Wert und Maß der Tage sein,

die wir in Schuld verbringen.

Nach ihnen sei die Zeit gezählt;

was wir versäumt, was wir verfehlt,

darf nicht mehr vor dich dringen.

6: Der du allein der Ewge heißt

und Anfang, Ziel und Mitte weißt

im Fluge unsrer Zeiten:

bleib du uns gnädig zugewandt

und führe uns an deiner Hand,

damit wir sicher schreiten.

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