(Oh God, how much heartache), The unknown librettist retained the words of stanzas 1, 2 and 18 as movements 1, 2 and 6. In movement 2, stanza 2 is expanded by paraphrases of stanzas 3–5, while movement 3 is a paraphrase of stanza 6; movement 4 incorporates ideas from stanzas 7–14, and movement 5 relies on stanzas 15 and 16. In the second movement, the original text is expanded by paraphrases of ideas from stanzas 3 to 5. The third movement is a paraphrase of stanza 6. The fourth movement incorporates ideas from stanzas 7 to 14 while the fifth movement relies on stanzas 15 and 16.
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- BWV 3 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid English translation. University of Vermont