| "Valet will ich dir geben" | |
|---|---|
| hymn | |
.jpg) The Sterbelied (hymn for the dying) in a Lutheran hymnal, 1614 | |
| English | "Farewell I Gladly Bid Thee" |
| Catalogue | Zahn 5403–5404a |
| Written | 1613 |
| Text | by Valerius Herberger, translated by Catherine Winkworth (1865) |
| Composed | by Melchior Teschner (1615) |
"Valet will ich dir geben" is a Lutheran hymn written by Valerius Herberger in 1613. It is a Sterbelied (hymn for the dying). The text was published with two hymn tunes by Melchior Teschner, Zahn Nos. 5403 and 5404a, in 1615. The second of these melodies was used in compositions such as chorale preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach and Max Reger. Bach used single stanzas in vocal works, including his St John Passion.
Catherine Winkworth made a metrical translation to "Farewell I Gladly Bid Thee" which also appeared with the second tune as No. 137 in The Chorale Book for England in 1865.