Lyrics of Der Erste Prediger - Aeternitas

Der Erste Prediger (original)

O vos viventes huius mundi sapientes,
Cordibus apponite duo verba Christi: Venite!
Nec non et: Ite!
Per primum ianua vitae
Justis erit nota, sed per aliud quoque porta
Inferi monstratur: sic res diversificatur.
Gaudia vel pene sine fine sunt ibi plene.
Hinc voce sana vos hortor spernere vana.
Tempus namque brevi vivendi, postea vae vae
Mors geminata parit, sua nulli vis quoque parcit.
Fistula tartarea vos iungit in una chorea,
Qua licet inviti saliunt ut stulti periti.
Haec ut pictura docet exemplique figura.
O diser welt weisheit kind,
Alle die noch im leben sind,
Setzt in euer herz zwei wort,
Die von Cristo sind gehort.
Das ein: Get her!
das ander: Get hin!
Durch das erst die frumen hand gewin.
Mit des himels port, die in ge

(translation)

Oh you, the wise living of this world
Add two words to Christ's hearts: Come!
No and no: Go!
through the first door of life
It will be known to the just, but through another gate
It is shown below, so it varies.
The joys there are almost endless, fully there.
From this I exhort you to despise vain things with a sound voice.
For a short time to live, then woe!
Death gives birth to a double, and its power spares none.
The hell's pipe joins you in the dance
You may be reluctant to jump on it to make the experts fool.
This is what the picture shows as a figure and an example.
O welt weisheit kind
Alle die noch
Setzt in
Die von Cristo sind gehort.
Das ein: Get her!
das ander: Get hin!
Durch das erst die frumen hand gewin
Mit des himels port, die in