Now all the woods are sleeping

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Title: Now all the woods are sleeping
Text: Paul Gerhardt, 1648 tr. and alt. Kenan Schaefkofer, 2021
Tune: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
Music: Heinrich Isaac, 1539
Key: G major
Meter: 776.778
Date Added: 2021/01/16

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Now all the woods are sleeping,
the night and stillness creeping
o'er city, field, and beast;
but thou, my heart, awake be,
with pray'rful thanks, attend thee,
to dearest Treasures ere thou rest.

Why Sun, are you retreating,
and Moon, in dance, now leading
the ancient ballad, Night?
Reflecting rays, we glisten,
we laugh, and talk, and listen,
resounding, gentle notes of light.

Now obligation ceases,
this Night the tired releases
and bids you sleep begin:
My love, there comes a morrow
shall set thee free from sorrow,
and all the anxious toil within.

My loved ones, rest securely,
from ev'ry peril surely
protected be your heads;
may happy slumbers mend you,
and ev'ry care attend you,
as trusted souls watch o'er your beds.