Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

from 11 Chorale Preludes by Johannes Brahms

Background

The earliest version of the text dates from 1582 and contains 19 verses.

The English translation for the first verse of Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen is:

 Lo, how a rose e-er blooming’
 From tender stem hath sprung
 Of Jesse’s lineage coming,
 As men of old have sung.
 It came a flow’ret bright
 Amid the cold of winter
 When half-spent was the night.

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