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" | type = Hymn | composer = Philipp Nicolai | image = Freudenspiegel deß ewigen Lebens 412.jpg | alt = | caption = First publication in Nicolai's 1599 ''Frewdenspiegel deß ewigen Lebens'' | Title_English = "Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying" | other_name = ''Sleepers Awake'' | related = Chorale cantata by Bach | text = by Philipp Nicolai | language = German | published = }} "" (literally: Awake, the voice is calling us) is a Lutheran hymn written in German by Philipp Nicolai, first published in 1599 together with "". It appears in German hymnals and in several English hymnals in translations such as "Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying". The hymn is known as the foundation of Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale cantata , as well as being the foundation of settings by other composers. == Nicolai == Philipp Nicolai wrote the hymn in 1598, a time when the plague had hit Unna〔 where he lived as a preacher after studies in theology at the University of Wittenberg, for six months.〔 The text is based on the Parable of the Ten Virgins (). Nicolai refers to other biblical ideas, such as from the Revelation the mentioning of marriage () and the twelve gates, every one of pearl (), and from the First Letter to the Corinthians the phrase "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard" ().〔 Portions of the melody are similar to the older hymn tune ''In dulci jubilo'' ("In sweet rejoicing") and to ' ("Silver Air") by Hans Sachs.〔 In the first publication in ' ("Mirror of Joy of the Life Everlasting"), the text was introduced: "" (Another () of the voice at midnight and of the wise maidens who meet their celestial Bridegroom / Matthew 25 / ''D. Philippus Nicolai''). The author wrote in his preface, dated 10 August 1598: Nicolai's former student, Wilhelm Ernst, Count of Waldeck, had died of the plague at the age of fifteen, and Nicolai used the initials of "Graf zu Waldeck" in reverse order as an acrostic to begin the three stanzas: "Wachet auf", "Zion hört die Wächter singen", "Gloria sei dir gesungen".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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