Wäre Gesanges voll unser Mund
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| "Wäre Gesanges voll unser Mund" | |
|---|---|
| Christian hymn | |
 Eugen Eckert in 2008 | |
| English | If our mouth were full of song |
| Written | 1999 |
| Text | by Eugen Eckert |
| Language | German |
| Melody | by Alejandro Veciana |
| Performed | 1999 |
"Wäre Gesanges voll unser Mund" (If our mouth were full of song) is a Christian hymn with text by Eugen Eckert, written in 1999, and a melody by Alejandro Veciana. The text is derived from a Jewish text. A hymn of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied, it is part of regional sections of the common German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, and of other songbooks.
The text of "Wäre Gesanges voll unser Mund" was written by the Protestant theologian and minister Eugen Eckert from Frankfurt, derived from a prayer in Hebrew, "Nischmat Kol Chaj" from Festtägliches Gebetbuch (the Frankfurt Haggadah) of 1892. The melody was created the same year by Alejandro Veciana. It was first published in the choral collection Die Zeit färben (Colour the time). It was intended to preserve memory of Jewish life in Frankfurt.[1][2]
The song, of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied, appeared in regional sections of the common German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, in the Diocese of Limburg as GL 814.[1][3] It is part of many other hymnals and songbooks.[4]