Alle Menschen müssen sterben (BWV 643)

J.S. Bach - Choral Alle Menschen müssen sterben (Orgelbüchlein, BWV 643)

Alle Menschen müßen sterben,
Alles Fleisch vergeht wie Heu;
Was da lebet, muß verderben,
Soll es anders werden neu.
Dieser Leib, der muß verwesen,
Wenn er anders soll genesen
Zu der großen Herrlichkeit,
Die den Frommen ist bereit.

Everybody must die,
all flesh passes like grass;
Whatever lives must perish
if it is to become new elsewhere.
This body must rot
if it is elsewhere to recover
and gain the great glory
which is prepared for those who are righteous.

A Memento Mori at the end of the year - but not without hope.