Schönster Herr Jesu 

Schönster Herr Jesu
Silesian Folk Melody
From the album Silo Sessions: Songs of Prayer and Praise. Recorded by Coretta Warren, Dorie Rhodes, Jennifer Maendel, Marion Robertshaw, Yolanda Wegner, Heidi Loewenthal, Helen Comer, and Alison Maendel.
The old, abandoned silo at the Fox Hill Bruderhof delivers exceptional acoustics which provided the incentive to record these songs. The full effect of singing in a silo cannot be recaptured in a recording, but this is as close as we can take you. Accompanying the human vocals are sounds of nature including birdsong, crickets, and rain, and you will also hear an old access door creaking in the lofty vaults as well as an occasional passing car, so enjoy these sounds along with the singing.
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Lyrics:
Schönster Herr Jesu,
Herrscher aller Enden,
Gottes und Marien Sohn,
Dich will ich lieben,
Dich will ich ehren,
Du meiner Seelen Freud und Kron.
Schön sind die Felder,
Schöner sind die Wälder
In der schönen Frühlingszeit.
Jesus ist schöner,
Jesus ist reiner,
Der unser traurig Herz erfreut.
Schön leucht‘ der Monde,
Schöner leucht‘ die Sonne,
Schön die Sternlein allzumal.
Jesus leucht‘ schöner,
Jesus leucht‘ reiner,
Als all die Engel im Himmelssaal.
Schön sind die Blumen,
Schöner sind die Menschen
In der frischen Jugendzeit.
Sie müssen sterben,
Müssen verderben.
Doch Jesus bleibt in Ewigkeit.
Alle die schönheit
Himmels und der Erden
Ist gefasst in Dir allein.
Niemand auf Erden
Lieber soll werden
Als Du, der liebste Jesus mein.
Translation:
Fairest Lord Jesus,
Ruler o’er creation,
Of God and Mary, Thou the Son.
Thee shall I ever love,
Thee shall I e’er adore,
O Thou, my soul’s true Joy and Crown.
Fair are the meadows,
Fairer still the woodlands,
When springtime comes in beauty clad.
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer,
Who grieving hearts with joy makes glad.
Fair shines the silver moon,
Fairer still the golden sun,
Beautiful is the star-filled sky.
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer,
Than all the angel hosts on high.
Fair are the flowers of earth,
Fairer still her children,
In all the freshness and joy of youth.
All these are passing,
None can be lasting.
But Jesus lives fore’er in truth.
All beauty round us,
In Earth and heaven,
All is contained in Thee, is Thine.
No one on earth shall be
Dearer than Thou to me,
O Thou, beloved Jesus mine.
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