On a Theme from William Dunbar


The field is won, overcome is the foe,
despoiled of the treasures that he kept.
Surrexit Dominus de sepulchro.

Unseen, unheard, with no one there to know,
out of the grave Lord Jesus Christ has crept.
The field is won, overcome is the foe.

Nonchalant, with säng froid, a ripple's flow,
out of the grave Lord Jesus Christ has stepped.
Surrexit Dominus de sepulchro.

Victorious, triumphant, with a glow,
out of the grave Lord Jesus Christ has leapt.
The field is won, overcome is the foe.

Forevermore now since that long ago,
out of the grave Lord Jesus Christ has kept.
Surrexit Dominus de sepulchro.

Forevermore Lord Jesus Christ lives, though
deep in the grave Lord Jesus Christ has slept.
The field is won, overcome is the foe.
Surrexit Dominus de sepulchro.