English poem
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again!
by Michael Weisse (1488–1534)
1 Christ the Lord is risen again, Christ has broken every chain. Hark, the angel voices cry, singing evermore on high: alleluia!
2 He who gave for us his life, who for us endured the strife, is our paschal lamb today; we too sing for joy, and say: alleluia!
3 He who bore all pain and loss comfortless upon the cross lives in glory now on high, pleads for us, and hears our cry: alleluia!
4 He who slumbered in the grave is exalted now to save; through the universe it rings that the lamb is King of kings: alleluia!
5 Now he bids us tell abroad how the lost may be restored, how the penitent forgiven, how we too may enter heaven: alleluia!
6 Christ, our paschal lamb indeed, all your ransomed people feed! Take our sins and guilt away: let us sing by night and day: alleluia!