Henry S. Drinker’s English Translations of Bach
The English translations of the secular cantata libretti for this site
are from English Texts of the Choral Works of Bach, volume three,
by Henry S. Drinker. (Its call number is 783.6 ZB12dr; I don’t know
its ISBN number.) Drinker wrote the translations in a versified form;
that is, they are meant to be sung to the original music. In general,
they preserve the rhythm and rhyme of the original texts; however, they
do not convey the literal meaning of the texts. The translations
are in the public domain, so anyone may copy them as he or she wishes.
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Revised: 1/3/98