As with a previous hymn, the initial letter of each verse is put in bold to spell out a name. In this case, it's the name of the author.
I rearranged some lines in the second verse.
The last two lines of the fourth verse seem to allude to Romans 8:38-39.
The last part of the sixth verse may refer to Luke 9:33. Here, however, it's Jesus Who is building the huts.
As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book. According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to the tune "Valet will ich dir geben." Here's the TLH arrangement:
And here are two arrangements from Telemann's Fast allgemeines Evangelisch-Musicalisches Lieder-Buch:
(Nach dem Lateinischen des h. Bernhard: "Jesus dulcis memoria.")
My prose translation:
1 O sweet Jesus, the heart of whoever thinks of You
Will overflow with joy;
But everything is yet sweeter
Where You Yourself, O Jesus, are.
2 Jesus, You joy of the heart and delight,
Spring of life, You true Son,
Nothing on this earth compares to You;
In You is what one ever desires.
3 Jesus, Your love is more than sweet;
There is nothing in it that annoys one;
It is many thousand times - as I say -
Nobler than one may express.
4 Jesus, You source of goodness,
Are a hope of all our joy,
A sweet river and spring of mercy,
True joy and delight of the heart.
5 Your love, O sweet Jesus Christ,
Is the best refreshment of the heart;
It is filling yet without displeasure;
Hunger grows in the abundance.
6 Jesus, You angelic ornament,
How sweet You sound to my ear;
You wonderful honey in the mouth,
My heart has felt no better drink.
7 Jesus, You highest good,
The desire of my heart and best joy,
You are the incomprehensible good;
Your love surpasses all my mind.
8 To love Jesus is very good;
Blessed is he who searches for nothing else;
I want to die to myself
So that I have life in Him.
9 O Jesus, my sweetness,
You comfort of the soul that cries to You,
The hot tears that seek You,
The heart cries to You fervently.
10 Yes, where I am, in whatever area,
I want Jesus to be with me;
Joy over joy when I find Him;
Blessed when I can hold Him.
11 What I sought I see now;
What I desired I have already;
From love, O Jesus, I am weak;
My heart burns and cries to You.
12 Who thus loves You, O Jesus
Certainly remains well untroubled;
There is nothing that consumes this love;
It grows and burns ever more and more.
13 Jesus, You Flower and Virgin's Son,
You Love and our Throne of Mercy,
To You be praise, glory, as is proper;
May Your kingdom have no end.
14 In You my heart has its desire;
Lord, my eagerness is set for You;
Upon You is all my glory placed,
Jesus, You Savior of all the world.
15 You Spring of loving-kindness,
Your splendor extends far and wide;
Drive away the clouds of sadness;
The light of glory remains with us.
16 Your praise in Heaven above rings out;
There is no choir that does not sing about You;
Jesus rejoices the whole world,
Which He has put at peace with God.
17 Jesus indeed rules in peace
That surpasses all temporal good;
The peace preserves my heart and mind
As long as I am here on the earth.
18 And when I finish my course
Thus I go up to You,
Jesus, that there I enjoy
Peace and joy with You in eternity.
19 Jesus, hear my prayer;
Jesus, do not spurn my sighs!
Jesus, my hope is in You;
O Jesus, Jesus, help me!
Martin Moller, 1584.
(After the Latin of h. Bernhard: "Jesus dulcis memoria.")
I shuffled a few elements in the first and eighteenth verses.
As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book. According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to the tune "Herr Jesu Christ, meins." Here's the TLH arrangement (transposed from Bb major to C major):
And here are two arrangements from Telemann's Fast allgemeines Evangelisch-Musicalisches Lieder-Buch:
I often had to shuffle some elements to accommodate either English syntax or the frequent line breaks.
The fifth verse (especially the first line: "Kein Ohr hat jemals dies gehört" "No ear has ever heard this") seems to borrow from 1 Corinthians 2:9 (which itself refers to Isaiah 64:4): "But, as it is written, 'What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.'" ("Sondern es ist gekommen, wie geschrieben steht: 'Was kein Auge gesehen hat und kein Ohr gehört hat und in keines Menschen Herz gekommen ist, was Gott bereitet hat denen, die ihn lieben.'")
As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book. According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to the tune "Wie schön leuchtet der M[orgenstern]." Here's the TLH arrangement:
And here's an arrangement from Telemann's Fast allgemeines Evangelisch-Musicalisches Lieder-Buch:
10 My Comfort, my Treasure, my Light, my Savlation,
My highest Good and Life,
Oh, receive me into Your portion
As I yield myself to You;
For apart from You is pure suffering;
I find here everywhere
Nothing but gall;
Nothing can be comforting for me;
There is nothing that pleases me.
11 But You are the best rest;
In You are peace and joy;
Grant, Jesus, grant that always
My heart revels in You.
Be my flame, and burn in me;
My balm; You want to hurry
To alleviate [and] heal
The pains that here
Make me sigh and wail.
12 What is there, O Most Beautiful, that I do not
Have in Your love?
It is my star, my sunlight,
My spring where I refresh myself,
My sweet wine, my bread of Heaven,
My garment before God's throne,
My crown,
My protection in all distress,
My house in which I live.
13 O dearest Love, when You escape,
What helps me to be born?
When You pull Your love away from me
All my good is lost;
So grant that I
Seek You, my Guest, well and in the best measure,
May take hold of [You],
And when I have grasped You
Not leave in eternity.
14 You have loved me forever and ever
And even drawn [me] to You;
Before I ever yet practiced any good,
You were already well-disposed towards me.
Oh, furthermore, let, noble Refuge,
Your love lead
And accompany me
So that it continually stands by me
On all sides.
15 Lord, let Your love adorn
My position, in which I stand,
And when I by any chance go astray,
Soon lead [me] to right;
Let it always teach me good counsel
And wise works,
Guide [me], resist
Sin, and after the deed
Soon turn me again.
16 Let it be my joy in suffering,
My ability in weakness,
And when I, after the completed time,
Should lie at rest,
Then let Your faithful love
Stand with me, Lord Jesus,
[And] blow air
That I, comforted and free,
May enter into Your kingdom.
Paul Gerhardt, 1666.
I had to shuffle some elements in numerous verses in order to accommodate English syntax. I also found the line breaks difficult to distinguish, so I may have accidentally put some in the wrong places. I'm not too confident in my translation of "hitzen" in the fourth verse as "warm," and there are a handful of words in the thirteenth verse that I'm not sure I translated correctly: "entweichst" (as "escape"), "entzeuchst" (as "pull away"), and "bestermaßen" (as "in the best measure").
As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book. According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to the tune "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu." Here's an arrangement from Telemann's Fast allgemeines Evangelisch-Musicalisches Lieder-Buch:
*) J. G. C. Z. S. spricht: d.i.: Joh. Georg, Churfürst zu Sachsen, spricht: Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht.
My prose translation:
1 I do not leave my Jesus;
Because He has given Himself ro me
My duty demands
To stick to Him like a burr;
He is the light of my life;
I do not leave my Jesus.
2 I never leave Jesus
Because I should live on earth;
In Him I have full confidence
To establish what I am and have;
Everything is turned towards Him;
I do not leave my Jesus.
3 Let sight pass away;
[Let] hearing, tasting, [and] feeling yield;
Let the last light of day
Reach me on this world;
When the thread of life breaks,
I do not leave my Jesus.
4 I will not even leave Him
When I reach where -
Because of His face -
The faith of my fathers shines;
His face gladdens me;
I do not leave my Jesus.
5 Not for the world, not for Heaven
Does my soul wish and groan;
It wishes for Jesus and His light,
[Jesus] Who has reconciled me with God,
Who frees me from the judgement;
I do not leave my Jesus.
6 I do not let Jesus leave me;
[I] go eternally to His side:
Forever, Christ lets me
Be led to the streams of life.
Blessed [is he] who speaks thus with me:
I do not leave my Jesus.
M. Chr. Keymann, 1656 or 1658.
*) "J. G. C. Z. S. spricht" that is: Joh. Georg, Prince Elector to Sachsen, says, "I do not leave my Jesus."
Similar to the previous hymn, that each verse ends with the line "I do not leave my Jesus" illustrates this constancy.
I don't know if my translation of the footnote fully explains the bold letters in the last verse. In a way, the author inscribed his name and title in the initial letters of each line and finished it off with the recurring sentiment "I do not leave my Jesus."
This hymn appears (with the last verse of the above omitted) as "Jesus I Will Never Leave" in The Lutheran Hymnal (#365). It's paired with the tune "Meinen Jesum lass' ich nicht," which is also what the Gesangbuch refers to when it notes "in previous tune" (the tune for #254).
That each verse starts with the line "I do not leave my Jesus" illustrates this constancy.
I shuffled a few elements in the fourth and fifth lines of the second verse and most of the fifth verse to get a smoother English translation.
As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book. According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to "its own tune." Here's the arrangement from TLH:
I couldn't figure out a way to include this in my translation, but the initial letters of each verse spell out "Jesus." I followed the formatting of the Gesangbuch and put them in bold, but I thought I would make a note of it, too.
In the second verse, spät is purposely misspelled (as "spat") in order to rhyme with "hat" in a later line. The phrase "früh und spat" ("early and late") is a temporal merism.
I had to shuffle a few elements in the second and third lines of the fifth verse to get a smoother English translation.
This hymn appears as "Jesus, Jesus, Only Jesus" in The Lutheran Hymnal (#348). As the Gesangbuch notes, the text is sung to "its own tune." Here's the TLH arrangement:
And here are two arrangements from Telemann's Fast allgemeines Evangelisch-Musicalisches Lieder-Buch:
Give me drink; my heart is feeble, Pasture of the soul;
May You be my place of rest, Rest of the soul,
Jesus, Rest of the soul.
4 Nothing is lovelier than You, dearest Love;
Nothing is friendlier than You, gentle Love;
Also nothing is sweeter than You, sweet Love,
Jesus, sweet Love.
5 I am sick; come, strengthen me, my Strength;
I am faint; revive me, sweet Jesus;
When I die, so comfort me, You my Comforter,
Jesus, You my Comforter.
Joh. Flittner, 1661.
As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book. According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to "its own tune."
1 Jesu, meine Freude, meines Herzens Weide, Jesu, meine Zier, ach, wie lang, ach, wie lange ist dem Herzen bange und verlangt nach dir, Gotteslamm,
mein Bräutigam, außer dir soll mir auf Erden nichts sonst Liebers werden.
2 Unter deinen Schirmen bin ich vor dem Stürmen aller Feinde frei. Laß den Satan wittern, laß die Welt erschüttern, mir steht Jesus bei. Ob es jetzt
gleich kracht und blitzt, obgleich Sünd und Hölle schrecken, Jesus will mich decken.
3 Trotz dem alten Drachen, Trotz dem Todesrachen, Trotz der Furcht dazu, tobe, Welt, und springe, ich steh hier und singe in gar sichrer Ruh; Gottes Macht
hält mich in Acht; Erd und Abgrund muß verstummen, ob sie noch so brummen.
4 Weg mit allen Schätzen, du bist mein Ergötzen, Jesu, meine Lust! Weg, ihr eitlen Ehren, ich mag euch nicht hören, bleibt mir unbewußt! Elend, Noth,
Kreuz, Schmach und Tod soll mich, ob ich viel muß leiden, nicht von Jesu scheiden.
5 Gute Nacht, o Wesen, das die Welt erlesen, mir gefällt du nicht. Gute Nacht, ihr Sünden, bleibet weit dahinten, kommt nicht mehr ans Licht! Gute Nacht,
du Stolz und Pracht, dir sei ganz, du Lasterleben, gute Nacht gegeben.
6 Weicht, ihr Trauergeister, denn mein Freudenmeister, Jesus, tritt herein. Denen, die Gott lieben, muß auch ihr Betrüben lauter Zucker sein. Duld ich schon
hier Spott und Hohn, dennoch bleibst auch du im Leide, Jesu, meine Freude.
Joh. Franck, um 1653.
My prose translation:
1 Jesus, my Joy, The Pasture of my heart, Jesus, my Ornament, Oh, how long, oh, how long Is the heart afraid And desires You, Lamb of God,
My Bridegroom; Aside from You, nothing else on earth Should be dearer to me.
2 Under Your shield, I am free from the storms Of all enemies. Let Satan sniff the air; Let the world shake; Jesus stands with me. Whether it just now
Crashes and flashes, Although sin and hell frighten, Jesus will cover me.
3 Despite the old dragon, Despite the jaws of death, Despite the fear of it, Rave, world, and jump; I stand here and sing In completely secure rest; God's power
Keeps me in mind; Earth and chasm must fall silent, If they still so growl.
4 Away with all treasures; You are my delight, Jesus, my desire! Away, you vain glories; I may not hear you; Stay unconscious of me! Misery, distress,
Cross, shame, and death, Should - although I must suffer much - Not separate me from Jesus.
5 Good night, O being Whom the world selects; You do not please me. Good night, you sins; Stay far behind; Come no more into the light! Good night,
You pride and splendor; To you, you life of iniquity, may Good night be given completely.
6 Yield, you spirits of sorrow For my Master of joy, Jesus, steps in. For those who love God, Even you troubled must Be [like] pure sugar. I already endure
Ridicule and mockery here; Nevertheless You also remain in suffering, Jesus, my Joy.
Joh. Franck, around 1653.
The last few lines of the fourth verse seem to be based on Romans 8:38-39.
This hymn appears as "Jesus, Priceless Treasure" in The Lutheran Hymnal (#347), Lutheran Worship (#270, with the fifth verse of the above omitted), and The Lutheran Service Book (#743). In all of these, and as the Gesangbuch notes, the text is sung to "its own tune." Here's the TLH arrangement (transposed from C minor to D minor):
And here's an arrangement from Telemann's Fast allgemeines Evangelisch-Musicalisches Lieder-Buch:
As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book. According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to "its own tune." Here's an arrangement from Telemann's Fast allgemeines Evangelisch-Musicalisches Lieder-Buch:
und mich zu der Weisheit, die himmlische ist, führet.
Ach, wenn ich nur Jesum recht kenne und weiß,
so hab ich der Weisheit vollkommenen Preis.
6 Nichts kann ich vor Gott ja bringen,
als nur dich, mein höchstes Gut;
Jesu, es muß mir gelingen
durch dein rosinfarbnes Blut.
Die höchste Gerechtigkeit ist mir erworben,
da du bist am Stamme des Kreuzes gestorben;
die Kleider des Heils ich da habe erlangt,
worinnen mein Glaube in Ewigkeit prangt.
7 Nun so gib, daß meine Seele
auch nach deinem Bild erwacht.
Du bist ja, den ich erwähle,
mir zur Heiligung gemacht.
Was dienet zum göttlichen Wandel und Leben,
ist in dir, mein Heiland, mir alles gegeben;
entreiße mich aller vergänglichen Lust,
dein Leben sei, Jesu, mir einzig bewußt.
8 Ja, was soll ich mehr verlangen?
Mich beschwemmt die Gnadenfluth,
du bist einmal eingegangen
in das Heilge durch dein Blut;
da hast du die ewge Erlösung erfunden,
daß ich nun der höllischen Herrschaft entbunden;
dein Eingang die völlige Freiheit mir bringt,
in kindlichem Geiste das Abba nun klingt.
9 Volles Gnügen, Fried und Freude
jetzo meine Seel ergötzt,
weil auf eine frische Weide
mein Hirt, Jesus, mich gesetzt.
Nichts Süßers kann also mein Herze erlaben,
als wenn ich nur, Jesu, dich immer soll haben,
nichts, nichts ist, das also mich innig erquicket,
als wenn ich dich, Jesu, im Glauben erblickt.
10 Drum auch, Jesu, du alleine
sollt mein Ein und Alles sein,
prüf, erfahre, wie ichs meine,
tilge allen Heuchelschein;
sieh, ob ich auf bösem, betrüglichem Stege,
und leite mich, Höchster, auf ewigem Wege;
gib, daß ich hier alles nur achte für Koth
und Jesum gewinne: dies Eine ist noth.
Johann Heinrich Schröder, 1697.
My prose translation:
1 One is necessary, O Lord;
Teach me but to recognize this One.
Everything else, even as it appears,
Indeed is only a heavy yoke,
Under which the heart gnaws and tortures itself
And yet catches no true pleasure.
I long for this One that replaces all,
So I will delight with One in everything.
2 Soul, you want to find this One;
Search for it in no creature;
Leave what is earthly behind;
Vault over nature
[To] where God and mankind are united in One,
Where all complete richness appears;
There is where the best, most necessary Part is,
My One and my All, my most blessed Salvation.
3 As Mary was very keen
On the delight of the One
When she bowed at Jesus' feet
Full of devotion -
Her heart burned to hear this single One,
What Jesus, her Savior, wanted to teach her;
Her All was completely immersed in Jesus,
And all in One would be given to her.
4 Thus is my desire also,
Dearest Jesus, only for You
Let me cling to You faithfully;
Give Yourself as my own.
Although many have also turned aside to the biggest crowd,
Nevertheless, I want to follow You in love
For Your word, O Jesus, is life and spirit;
What good is there that one has not enjoyed in Jesus?
5 The highest fulfillment of all wisdom
Indeed lies hidden in You.
Grant but that my will also
Submits to be in such limits,
In which humility and simple-mindedness rule
And lead me to the wisdom that is heavenly.
Oh, when I recognize and know aright only Jesus
Then I have the perfect prize of wisdom.
6 Indeed, I can bring nothing before God
But only You, my highest Good;
Jesus, it must succeed for me
By Your red blood.
The highest righteousness was won for me
When You died on the tree of the cross;
There have I attained the clothing of salvation
In which my faith shines in eternity.
7 Now so grant that my soul
Also be awakened according to Your image.
You are indeed the One I choose,
Made for my sanctification.
What serves for divine change and life
Is all given to me in You, my Savior;
Tear all transient desire away from me;
Let me be aware of Your life alone, Jesus.
8 Indeed, what more should I long for?
The tide of mercy floods me;
You entered once
Into the holy place through Your blood;
There You have established the eternal redemption
So that now I am released from the hellish power;
Your entrance brings me full freedom;
In childlike spirit, the "Abba" now sounds.
9 My soul now delights
In full pleasure, peace, and joy
Because my Shepherd, Jesus,
Has set me in a fresh meadow.
Nothing sweeter can restore my heart thus
Than when I should always have You, Jesus;
There is nothing, nothing that tenderly refreshes me thus
Than when I see You, Jesus, in faith.
10 Therefore also, Jesus, You alone
Should be my One and Everything;
Examine, find out, how I mean it;
Destroy all appearance of hypocrisy;
Look whether I [stand] on the wicked, deceitful bridge,
And lead me, Most High, on eternal ways;
Grant that I consider everything here only as rubbish
And obtain Jesus: this One is necessary.
Johann Heinrich Schröder, 1697.
The first and final lines ("One is necessary") seem to be drawn from Luke 10:41-42: "41 But the Lord answered her, 'Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 42 but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.'"
The eighth verse contains references to Hebrews 10:19 ("You entered once / Into the holy place through Your blood") and Galatians 4:6 and/or Romans 8:15 ("the 'Abba' now sounds"). I translated "erfunden" in the same verse as "established," based primarily on the context.
I had to shuffle a number of elements in the first four lines of the ninth verse to accommodate English syntax. There's also an allusion there to Psalm 23:1-2.
This hymn appears as "One Thing's Needful; Lord, This Treasure" in The Lutheran Hymnal (#366) and Lutheran Worship (#277) and as simply "One Thing's Needful" in The Lutheran Service Book (#536). All abbreviate the above text: the TLH version omits verses seven through nine; the LW version omits verses six through nine; and the LSB version omits verses two, four, and seven through nine.
In all of these hymnals, and as the Gesangbuch notes, the text is sung to "its own tune." Here's the TLH arrangement:
I had to rearrange a few elements in many of the verses.
The repetition involved in the internal rhyme in the last line of the second verse ("Füll und Hülle" "fullness and plenty") gives a sense of this abundance.
I translated "und Frommsein wohl belohnest" at the end of the eleventh verse as "And well reward the pious," but I'm not very confident about it.
As far as I can tell, this hymn isn't in The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship, or The Lutheran Service Book. According to the Gesangbuch, the text is sung to the tune "Nun laßt uns Gott, dem H[erren]." Here's the TLH arrangement:
And here's an arrangement from Telemann's Fast allgemeines Evangelisch-Musicalisches Lieder-Buch: