Stölzel: "Bist du bei mir", BWV 508 Aria

Weariness consumes me

Longing pursues me

Tremulous I fear

All I seek is near

Onwards with fear I go

With fear I go

Sweet golden days are passing

Lost love everlasting

Wretched and torn apart

Bitter and broken of heart

Onwards with courage I go

Onwards I go

Spirit of life live on in me a friend

To guide me on on to the end

Yet sure and slow

The years will pass Adagio

Silently imploring

Hopelessly adoring

Yet my will is strong

Tho' fate decrees me wrong

Onwards with hope I go

With hope I go

Greater griefs have found you

Now happiness surrounds you

I hold you here in my heart

Safe with me never to part

Onwards forever I go Adagio

Onwards I go