| Wenn ich mit menschen
| when i am with people
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| Und mit engelszungen redete
| And spoke with angelic tongues
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| Und hätte der liebe nicht
| And wouldn't have love
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| So wäre ich ein tönend erz
| So I would be a sounding ore
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| Oder eine klingende schelle
| Or a tinkling bell
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| Und wenn ich weissagen könnte
| And if I could prophesy
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| Und wüsste alle geheimnisse
| And knew all the secrets
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| Und hätte der liebe nicht
| And wouldn't have love
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| So wäre ich nichts
| I would be nothing like that
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| Die liebe ist langmütig und freundlich
| Love is patient and kind
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| Die liebe eifert nicht, sie blähet sich nicht
| Love does not envy, it does not puff itself up
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| Sie suchet nicht das ihre
| She is not looking for hers
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| Sie lässt sich nicht erbittern
| She doesn't get angry
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| Sie zählt das böse nicht
| She doesn't count the bad
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| Sie treibt nicht mutwillen
| She doesn't drive willfully
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| Sie erfreut sich nicht der ungerechtigkeit
| She does not rejoice in injustice
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| Sie freuet sich der wahrheit
| She rejoices in the truth
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| Sie verträgt alles, sie glaubet alles
| She tolerates everything, she believes everything
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| Sie hoffet alles, sie duldet alles
| She hopes everything, she tolerates everything
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| Die liebe höret nimmer auf
| Love never ends
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| So doch die weissagungen und sprachen
| So the prophecies and sayings
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| Und die erkenntnisse aufhören werden
| And the knowledge will stop
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| Denn unser wissen ist nur stückwerk
| Because our knowledge is only piecemeal
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| Und unser weissagung ist stückwerk
| And our prophecy is piecemeal
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| Aber die liebe ist vollkommen
| But love is perfect
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| Und höret niemals auf
| And never stop
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| Die liebe verträgt alles
| Love takes everything
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| Die liebe glaubet alles
| Love believes everything
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| Die liebe hoffet alles
| Love hopes everything
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| Die liebe duldet alles
| Love tolerates everything
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| Wir sehen jetzt durch einen spiegel
| We now see through a mirror
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| In einem dunkeln wort
| In a dark word
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| Dann aber von angesicht zu angesicht
| But then face to face
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| Jetzt erkenne ich’s stückweise
| Now I recognize it bit by bit
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| Dann aber werde ich erkennen
| But then I will recognize
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| Gleichwie ich erkannt bin
| as I am known
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| Die liebe verträgt alles
| Love takes everything
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| Die liebe glaubet alles
| Love believes everything
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| Die liebe hoffet alles
| Love hopes everything
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| Die liebe duldet alles
| Love tolerates everything
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| Sie zählt das böse nicht
| She doesn't count the bad
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| Sie treibt nicht mutwillen
| She doesn't drive willfully
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| Sie erfreut sich nicht der ungerechtigkeit
| She does not rejoice in injustice
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| Sie freuet sich der wahrheit
| She rejoices in the truth
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| Nun aber bleibet
| But now stay
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| Nun aber bleibet glaube, hoffnung, liebe
| But now remain faith, hope, love
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| Diese drei, aber die liebe
| These three, but love
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| Ist die größte unter ihnen
| Is the largest among them
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| Amen!
| Amen!
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| Though I speak with the tongues
| Though I speak with the tongues
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| Of men and of angels
| Of men and of angels
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| And have not love
| And have not love
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| I am become as sounding brass
| I am becoming as sounding brass
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| Or a tinkling cymbal
| Ora tinkling cymbal
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| And though I have the gift of prophecy
| And though I have the gift of prophecy
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| And understand all mysteries
| And understand all mysteries
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| And have not love
| And have not love
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| I am nothing
| I am nothing
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| Love suffereth long, and is kind
| Love suffereth long, and is kind
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| Love envieth not; | Love envieth not; |
| love is not puffed up
| love is not puffed up
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| Seeketh not her own
| Seeketh not her own
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| Is not easily provoked
| Is not easily provoked
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| Thinketh no evil
| Thinketh no evil
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| Doth not behave itself unseemly
| Doth not behave itself unseemly
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| Rejoiceth not in iniquity
| Rejoiceth not in iniquity
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| But rejoiceth in the truth
| But rejoiceth in the truth
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| She beareth all things, she believeth all things
| She beareth all things, she believeth all things
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| She hopes all things, she endureth all things
| She hopes all things, she endures all things
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| Love never faileth
| Love never faileth
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| But where there be prophecies and languages
| But where there be prophecies and languages
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| And the knowledge shall vanish away
| And the knowledge shall vanish away
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| Then we know in part
| Then we know in part
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| And we prophesy in part
| And we prophesy in part
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| But love is perfect
| But love is perfect
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| And never faileth
| And never faileth
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| Love beareth all things
| Love beareth all things
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| Love believeth all things
| Love believeth all things
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| Love hopes all things
| Love hopes all things
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| Love endureth all things
| Love endures all things
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| For now we see through a glass
| For now we see through a glass
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| In a dark word
| In a dark word
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| But then face to face
| But then face to face
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| Now I know my part
| Now I know my part
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| But then shall I know
| But then shall I know
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| Even as also I am know
| Even as I am know
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| Love beareth all things
| Love beareth all things
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| Love believeth all things
| Love believeth all things
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| Love hopes all things
| Love hopes all things
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| Love endureth all things
| Love endures all things
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| She thinketh no evil
| She thinketh no evil
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| Doth not behave itself unseemly
| Doth not behave itself unseemly
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| Rejoiceth not in iniquity
| Rejoiceth not in iniquity
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| But rejoiceth in the truth
| But rejoiceth in the truth
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| And now abideth faith, hope, love
| And now abideth faith, hope, love
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| These three, but the love
| These three, but the love
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| Is the greatest of these
| Is the greatest of these
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| Amen! | Amen! |