Talk:Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (J. C. F. Bach)

Translation
Is the English version of this choral really entitled Wake, o wake and hear the voices ? This is not quite the translation of Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. Literally translated it would be Wake up, the voice calls us. --Furfur &#8258; Diskussion 18:46, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Depends. The latter is closer to the meaning, the other is what a publishers offers to match the syllable count. As the two linked articles (hymn and cantata) offer the other, I liked the diversity. Only rarely is there one and only one possible translation. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:30, 22 December 2016 (UTC)