Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lionel Sow
Conductor
NFM Choir
Choir
Willard White
Narrator
Jan Krzeszowiec
Flute
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Hugo Distler
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Antoni Grzymała
Recording Engineer
Aleksandra Nagorko
Producer
Songteksten
Fünfter Spruch
Dein bester Freund, dein Leib, der ist dein ärgster Feind,
er bind't und hält dich auf: Dein bester Freund, so gut
er's immer meint!
The Physician
I was your opponent staunch and true,
I saved so many souls from you
Who suffered much from ills and ague.
And now you, Death, are my own plague:
I feel my pulse and find it gone...
My skills are vain, my days are done,
My weakness plain for you to see.
What judgement lies in store for me?
Death
I’ll judge you fairly by the worth
Of what you did while here on Earth.
God sees and knows what you have wrought:
The deathly danger you have brought.
You boasted of your expertise;
You charged the most appalling fees,
And scorned the old, the poor, the sick.
O Merchant! Step forth, make it quick!
Written by: Hugo Distler