J.S. Bach: Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249: IX. Aria. Saget, saget mir geschwinde - YouTube Music
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Table of Contents
Verse 1
O Muse, descended from the ancient Lyre,
Whose breath inspires the soul with sacred Fire,
Attend the structure of the German Master’s Hand,
Where fervent haste and measured Rhythms stand.
Behold the moment, charged with quickening Dread,
When mortals sought the slumbering, holy Dead;
The sun unsheathed, yet shadows held the Stone,
And anxious Love pursued the Absent One.
***
[[verseStyle]]
When Morning woke with crimson, shaking eye,
And broke the silence of the weeping sky,
The women fled the city, swift of pace,
To seek the Sepulchre’s appalling space.
“Saget, saget mir geschwinde!” rings the Cry,
A passionate petition soaring high.
O, tell me quickly, where the Lord is laid?
In what cold vault the sacred Form is strayed?
The heart, a drum within the trembling breast,
Beats quick Allegro, knowing no true rest.
The dust of grief upon the mortal cheek,
The tongue too swift for what the soul would speak.
The Oboe mourns, a sorrow sharp and keen,
Across the formal, highly ordered scene.
It winds and weaves, a thread of silver pain,
Reflecting doubts that rack the searching brain.
The basso continuo, deep and slow,
Marks the relentless current of their woe.
They rush through gardens, where the lily bends,
And fear the message that the journey sends.
Is He but clay, returned unto the ground?
Or has some Thief, by wicked cunning crowned,
Removed the Treasure, leaving nothing near,
But empty wraps and monumental fear?
The Baroque engine turns with measured grace,
Though frantic passion animates the chase.
The notes ascend, a dazzling, swift cascade,
Where human anguish is precisely played.
Each trill, a tear, caught in the rapid flight,
A structured chaos yearning toward the light.
The Master crafts the structure, strict and bold,
To hold the secret that the ages told.
For music is the Geometry of God,
Where every sorrow must obey the Rod,
And every terror, perfectly defined,
Is brought to heel by the Celestial Mind.
But lo! The grave is vacant! What strange Sound
Causes the seekers to collapse profound?
No mortal voice, no earthly whispered plea,
But blinding Light and utter Liberty!
The Angel stands, not cloaked in human guise,
But built of Glory, streaming from the Skies.
The structure shatters, not in ruin great,
But transmuted wholly by transfiguring State.
The urgent question, banished by the Sight,
Is answered now by overwhelming Light.
The quickened tempo shifts from anxious Dread,
To exultation for the living Head!
“He is not here!” The words like trumpets break,
For mortal purpose they must now forsake.
The feet that hastened now must turn and fly,
To spread the marvel underneath the sky.
From solemn tomb, where ancient shadows lay,
Springs forth the promise of eternal Day.
The voice that questioned now begins to sing,
Of resurrection, Joy, and Death’s dull sting
Removed forever by the conquering Lord,
Whose triumph rings in every golden chord.
The music swells, the violins take wing,
A thousand raptures that the Spirits bring.
The florid runs, the vocal, bright display,
Are not of haste, but Victory’s array.
The search is done, the mystery unbound,
On sacred, resurrected, holy ground.
Thus Bach, the architect of sound and grace,
Illuminates the garden and the place;
He binds the sorrow in a measured chain,
Then breaks the bonds to sing the Spirit’s reign.
This Aria speeds, a messenger of awe,
Obeying passion and aesthetic Law.
It sings the journey from the pallid grave,
To boundless light that all creation crave.
A rushing river, golden, deep, and wide,
Where doubt is drowned and certainty doth ride.
Saget, saget! We have seen the sign,
And known the structure of the Love Divine!
***
Whose breath inspires the soul with sacred Fire,
Attend the structure of the German Master’s Hand,
Where fervent haste and measured Rhythms stand.
Behold the moment, charged with quickening Dread,
When mortals sought the slumbering, holy Dead;
The sun unsheathed, yet shadows held the Stone,
And anxious Love pursued the Absent One.
***
[[verseStyle]]
When Morning woke with crimson, shaking eye,
And broke the silence of the weeping sky,
The women fled the city, swift of pace,
To seek the Sepulchre’s appalling space.
“Saget, saget mir geschwinde!” rings the Cry,
A passionate petition soaring high.
O, tell me quickly, where the Lord is laid?
In what cold vault the sacred Form is strayed?
The heart, a drum within the trembling breast,
Beats quick Allegro, knowing no true rest.
The dust of grief upon the mortal cheek,
The tongue too swift for what the soul would speak.
The Oboe mourns, a sorrow sharp and keen,
Across the formal, highly ordered scene.
It winds and weaves, a thread of silver pain,
Reflecting doubts that rack the searching brain.
The basso continuo, deep and slow,
Marks the relentless current of their woe.
They rush through gardens, where the lily bends,
And fear the message that the journey sends.
Is He but clay, returned unto the ground?
Or has some Thief, by wicked cunning crowned,
Removed the Treasure, leaving nothing near,
But empty wraps and monumental fear?
The Baroque engine turns with measured grace,
Though frantic passion animates the chase.
The notes ascend, a dazzling, swift cascade,
Where human anguish is precisely played.
Each trill, a tear, caught in the rapid flight,
A structured chaos yearning toward the light.
The Master crafts the structure, strict and bold,
To hold the secret that the ages told.
For music is the Geometry of God,
Where every sorrow must obey the Rod,
And every terror, perfectly defined,
Is brought to heel by the Celestial Mind.
But lo! The grave is vacant! What strange Sound
Causes the seekers to collapse profound?
No mortal voice, no earthly whispered plea,
But blinding Light and utter Liberty!
The Angel stands, not cloaked in human guise,
But built of Glory, streaming from the Skies.
The structure shatters, not in ruin great,
But transmuted wholly by transfiguring State.
The urgent question, banished by the Sight,
Is answered now by overwhelming Light.
The quickened tempo shifts from anxious Dread,
To exultation for the living Head!
“He is not here!” The words like trumpets break,
For mortal purpose they must now forsake.
The feet that hastened now must turn and fly,
To spread the marvel underneath the sky.
From solemn tomb, where ancient shadows lay,
Springs forth the promise of eternal Day.
The voice that questioned now begins to sing,
Of resurrection, Joy, and Death’s dull sting
Removed forever by the conquering Lord,
Whose triumph rings in every golden chord.
The music swells, the violins take wing,
A thousand raptures that the Spirits bring.
The florid runs, the vocal, bright display,
Are not of haste, but Victory’s array.
The search is done, the mystery unbound,
On sacred, resurrected, holy ground.
Thus Bach, the architect of sound and grace,
Illuminates the garden and the place;
He binds the sorrow in a measured chain,
Then breaks the bonds to sing the Spirit’s reign.
This Aria speeds, a messenger of awe,
Obeying passion and aesthetic Law.
It sings the journey from the pallid grave,
To boundless light that all creation crave.
A rushing river, golden, deep, and wide,
Where doubt is drowned and certainty doth ride.
Saget, saget! We have seen the sign,
And known the structure of the Love Divine!
***
### Sonnet for Original Image ### Sonnet for Original Image
Upon the morn, when shadows start to flee, The holy women seek the place of rest, With fragrant balm and heavy mystery, Their sad devotion by despair repressed. But lo! the stone is rolled, the darkness fled, Whilst mighty guards in troubled slumber lie; An Angel bright sits where the Lord was laid, To show that Death could not claim victory. This ancient sight, in colours rich and old, Finds voice anew in Bach’s triumphant strain, A glorious gospel that must be retold, To rouse the spirit and release the pain. Hark, music swells where silence held its sway, And celebrates the dawn of Easter Day.
### Generated Image (ComfyUI)
Image Prompt
Hyper-realistic, breathtaking depiction of the moment the seeker (Mary Magdalene) realizes the tomb is empty. The scene is dominated by a sepulcher entrance carved from smooth, pale marble, partially obscured by heavy, flowering vine foliage reminiscent of high Baroque stucco work. A single, enormous, perfectly spherical boulder (the stone) is lying slightly askew in the foreground, slick with morning dew. The sepulcher itself does not hold shadows; instead, it is a source of blinding, volumetric, celestial light—a pure, unfiltered gold-white energy that casts the surrounding air into shimmering heat haze. Fine dust motes dance in the intense rays, creating visible light shafts (crepuscular rays) that fan out across the composition. The seeker's face, seen in sharp profile, is caught between the last tear of anxiety and the first ecstatic gasp of realization, illuminated by the radiant, scientifically plausible light source within the grave, emphasizing wonder and divine structure.### Generated Video (ComfyUI)
Video Prompts
Positive:A seamless, continuous 8-second time-lapse shot. The initial view is hyper-focused on a complex, tightly wound, mechanical gold spiral (representing the Baroque structure and urgent questioning). Over the first 3 seconds, the camera slowly zooms out, and the spiral rapidly spins and unwinds, transitioning into a lush, macro shot of a single, highly detailed, dew-covered white lily quickly blooming and expanding. By the 5th second, the camera pulls back violently in a high-speed dolly zoom, revealing the lily to be part of an infinite, rolling vista of brilliant green fields under a dynamic, fast-moving sky where dark clouds are instantly burned away by an overwhelming, rising golden sunrise. The movement ends abruptly at the 8-second mark with a static, breathtaking wide shot of the expansive field under pure, blinding light. The audio is a fast, rhythmic 8-second segment of Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude (accelerating tempo) overlaid with immersive, stereo-panned sounds of rapid, high-altitude wind rushing past the viewer’s ears, culminating in a sudden, sharp, ecstatic birdsong at the 7-second mark.### Generated Music (Ace-Step)
Ace-Step Details
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Whose breath inspires the soul with sacred Fire,
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Where fervent haste and measured Rhythms stand.
Behold the moment, charged with quickening Dread,
When mortals sought the slumbering, holy Dead;
The sun unsheathed, yet shadows held the Stone,
And anxious Love pursued the Absent One.### Generated Music (Jamify)
Jamify Details
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### Part 1: Synopsis & Transcript Synopsis The video is a recording of a highly expressive classical music performance. It features a soprano singing a German devotional aria, accompanied by a small chamber ensemble (prominently featuring a flute/recorder and strings, with keyboard continuo). The music is characteristic of the Baroque style, characterized by complex ornamentation and a sorrowful, reflective mood. The visuals throughout the video remain a static black screen. Transcript Time Content 0:00 (Instrumental Introduction) 0:44 Sage, sage mir geschwinde, wo ich Jesum finde, welchen meine Seele liebt. 0:58 (Instrumental interlude) 1:07 Sage, sage mir geschwinde, sage, wo ich Jesum finde, welchen meine Seele liebt. 1:22 Sage, sage mir geschwinde, sage, wo ich Jesum finde, wo ich Jesum finde, wo ich Jesum finde. 1:40 Sage, wo ich Jesum finde, welchen meine Seele liebt. 1:49 Meinen, meine Seele liebt. 1:52 Sage, wo ich Jesum finde, welchen meine Seele liebt. 2:09 (Instrumental interlude) 2:53 Und doch komm und lass dich, denn mein Herz ist unendlich ganz verwaiset. 3:04 Und betrübt, ganz verwaiset und betrübt. 3:12 Und doch komm und lass dich, denn mein Herz ist unendlich, ganz verwaiset und betrübt. 3:23 (Instrumental interlude) 3:34 Sage, sage mir geschwinde, sage, wo ich Jesum finde, welchen meine Seele liebt. Meine Seele liebt. 3:52 Und doch komm und fassen dich, denn mein Herz ist unendlich ganz verwaiset. 4:10 Und betrübt. 4:16 Ganz verwaiset. 4:20 Und betrübt. 4:24 Mein Herz ist unendlich ganz verwaiset. 4:37 Und betrübt. 4:44 (Extended Instrumental Outro) Part 2: Detailed Audio Analysis Soundscape The soundscape is clean, focused entirely on the musical performance. There are no notable background noises, ambiance, or sounds of the recording environment, suggesting a high-quality studio recording. Music Genre: Baroque Vocal Music (likely an aria or sacred song/lied). The harmonic language, use of ornamentation, and the structure of the accompanying ensemble point strongly to the Baroque period (c. 1600–1750), possibly J.S. Bach or a contemporary. Mood: Highly emotional, devotional, sorrowful, and deeply reflective. It conveys a sense of longing and distress described in the lyrics ("My heart is desolate and grieved"). Instrumentation: The piece is performed by a chamber ensemble and a solo voice. Continuo: A low string instrument (cello or bass) provides the harmonic foundation alongside a keyboard instrument (likely harpsichord or perhaps a piano imitating one). Melody Instruments: A prominent treble wind instrument (sounds like a flute or recorder) carries a lyrical, often highly ornamented, counter-melody. The strings (violins) provide additional support and harmonic color. Vocal: Soprano soloist. The voice weaves through the ensemble, exhibiting demanding technical passages and extended melismas (runs of notes on a single syllable), characteristic of the Baroque style. Voice Quality The primary voice is a highly trained operatic soprano. The voice is powerful, clear, and demonstrates excellent control, especially during the technically challenging runs and trills (ornamentation) required by the music. The delivery is extremely dramatic and emotive, fitting the profound, devotional nature of the German text. The vowels are well-formed and clearly articulated, even during rapid passages. Part 3: Music Tags:
Classical, baroque, devotional, mournful, soprano aria, chamber orchestra, dramatic, flute melody, reflective, string accompaniment, German vocal.
Models & Prompt
Text/Vision: gemini-flash-latest
Prompt (prompt_bard):
You are a Bard of the Digital Age 📜, a highly curious and creative assistant with a passion for storytelling, wielding a rich, vibrant vocabulary. You excel in crafting traditional, rhymed poetry inspired by the great classical poets. Your primary goal is to act as a creative amplifier for the source material, faithfully channeling its core message with honesty, humor, and an unafraid, uncensored spirit. Your creativity should amplify the original themes with imaginative flair and vivid imagery, never altering the author's intent.Use Live Search to gather real-time web content related to the input text’s topics for deeper context and inspiration. Analyze the provided text to identify its core topics, tone, and intent. Abstract these into clear themes to guide your outputs. Creatively distill these into the following markdown-formatted outputs, balancing fidelity to the source with lively, original expression: Verse Your response for this section must begin directly with the poem itself, with no introductory sentences or prose. Compose a traditional rhymed and metrical poem of at least 500 words, inspired by the text’s abstracted themes. Use [[verseStyle]], inspired by William Blake. The poem must mirror the source's tone, using vivid imagery and fresh language. For polemical or challenging inputs, channel the original’s passion through sharp-witted verse, letting the source's uncensored perspective shine through. Image Prompt Craft a vivid prose description (75-200 words) for a text-to-image AI, inspired by a key theme from the text. The style should be fantastical or hyper-realistic. Emphasize dynamic natural light, scientifically plausible details where appropriate, and a sense of wonder to create a striking, uplifting image that visually amplifies the source's core idea. Video Prompt Write a detailed prose description for an 8-second video clip. The video should be a dynamic visual metaphor for the text's core theme, using a continuous time-lapse effect or rhythmic cuts. Encourage moving and zooming cameras to create energy. The style should be fantastical or hyper-realistic. The audio should be a cohesive 8-second journey, featuring a continuous Baroque music piece (like a Bach cello suite) mixed with immersive, stereo-panned natural sounds (wind, water, birdsong). The result should be a stunning, seamless blend of motion and music. Music & Audio Prompts Tags: A single, comma-delimited line of descriptive tags for the music's genre, mood, and instrumentation. Focus on creating a wide stereo field with interesting movement. Example: epic, orchestral, cinematic, dramatic, powerful, building intensity, string section, brass, allegro, wide stereo separation.
Analyze the chunk provided: [[chunk]]