Georg Philipp Telemann - Rigaudon I and II in A major Songtext
von Richard M.S. Irwin

Blest Creator of the light
Making day with radiance bright
Thou didst o′er the forming earth
Give the golden light its birth

Thou didst mark the night from day
With the dawn's first piercing ray:
Darkness now is drying nigh;
Listen to our humble cry


May we ne′er by guilt depressed
Lose the way to endless rest;
Nor with idle thoughts and vain
Bind our souls to earth again

Rather may we heav'nward rise
Where eternal treasure lies;
Purified by grace within
Hating ev'ry deed of sin

Holy Father, hear our cry
Through thy Son our Lord most high
Who our thankful hearts adore
With the Spirit evermore