Choir for 4 voices
Soprano solo
Bass solo
Oboe d`amore
Violin I + II
Viola
Violoncello piccolo
Organ obligato
Basso continuo

I go and search for thee with longing,
Thee, O my doveling, (1.) fairest bride.
Tell me, where art thou left and gone now
That thee my eye no more can find?

Bass: My feast is now prepared,
And this my marriage table ready,
But still my bride is not yet in attendance.
Soprano: My Jesus speaks of me;
O voice that maketh me so glad!
Soprano: I go and seek for thee with longing,
Thee, O my doveling, fairest bride.
Soprano: My bridegroom dear, I fall before thy feet now.
Bass, Soprano: Come, fairest, come and let me kiss thee,
Thou shalt my
sumptuous meal (2. ) enjoy now.
Let me thy
Come, O my bride, and
hasten now,
My bridegroom dear, I
The wedding raiment to put on.

I am glorious, I am fair, (3.)
And my Savior I've impassioned.
His salvations's righteousness
Is my cloak of honor bright;
And in it will I be dressed
When I unto heaven go.

Soprano: My faith now holds me with such deep emotion.
Bass: As to thee bides my heart's devotion,
So will I plight to thee
For evermore my troth and pledge of marriage. (4.)
Soprano: How well for me!
For heaven is to me provided:
Its majesty doth call and sends its very servants (5.)
So that the fallen generations
To heaven's hall
At our salvation's meal
As guests may come to dine,
I'm here now, Jesus, let me in!
Bass: So keep till death thy faith,
And I'll to thee the crown of life bequeath. (6.)

Bass: Thee have I loved with love eternal, (7.)
Soprano: How am I now so truly glad
My treasure is the A and O,
Beginning and the ending.
And therefore draw thee unto me.
He'll me, indeed, to his great praise
Receive into his paradise;
For this I'll clap my hands now.
I'm coming soon,
Amen! Amen!
I stand before the door, (8.)
Come, thou lovely crown of gladness, do not tarry.
Unlock it, mine abode!
I await thee with great longing.
Thee have I loved with love eternal,
And therefore draw thee unto me.

Ephesians 5: 15-21

Matthew 22: 1-14