文本歌词

War Requiem, Op. 66 / Offertorium - Offertorium - IIIb. So Abram Rose, and Clave the Wood - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Peter Pears/Highgate School Choir/London Symphony Chorus/The Bach Choir/Simon Preston/Melos Ensemble/London Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Britten
Lyrics by：Wilfred Owen
Composed by：Benjamin Britten
So Abram rose and clave the wood and went
And took the fire with him and a knife
And as they sojourned both of them together
Isaac the first-born spake and said my father
My father
My father
Behold the preparations fire and iron
But where the lamb for this burnt-offering
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps
And builded parapets and trenches there
And stretchèd forth the knife to slay his son
When lo an angel called him out of heaven
Saying Lay not thy hand upon the lad
Neither do anything to him Behold
A ram caught in a thicket by it's horns
Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him
But the old man would not so but slew his son
And half the seed of Europe one by one
And half the seed of Europe one by one
And half the seed of Europe one by one
And half the seed of Europe one by one