I Would Beside My Lord (from Bach: St. Matthew’s Passion)
Words: Original German text compiled by Christian Friedrich Henrici
Music: I Would Beside My Lord | Johann Sebastian Bach
Aria (Tenor) with Choir
Tenor: I would beside my Lord be watching,
Choir: And so our sins will fall asleep.
Tenor: By His cross I am saved from sin and loss;
His sorrows win my soul its ransom.
Choir: The griefs that He for us endureth
How bitter yet how sweet are they.