464 When our heads are bowed with woe,
1 When our heads are bowed with woe,
When our bitter tears o'erflow;
When we mourn the lost, the dear,
Jesus, Son of Mary, hear!
2 Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn,
Thou our mortal griefs hast borne,
Thou hast shed the human tear;
Thou hast filled a mortal bier;
Jesus, Son of Mary, hear!
3 When the solemn death-bell tolls
For our own departing souls,
When our final doom is near,
Jesus, Son of Mary, hear!
4 Thou hast bowed the dying head,
Thou the blood of life hast shed,
5 When the heart is sad within
With the thought of all its sin,
When the spirit shrinks with fear,
Jesus, Son of Mary, hear!
6 Thou the shame, the grief, hast known,
Though the sins were not Thine own;
Thou hast deigned their load to bear;
Jesus, Son of Mary, hear!
Text Information
- Author
- H. H. Milman, 1827
Tune Information
- Name
- Kom, du Folkefrelser sand
- Meter
- 7s. 4l.
- Source
- German medieval, adapted by Luther or Walther, 1524; Second tune: R. Redhead, 1852