In August 1521, Martin Luther was called before the Diet of Worms and asked to recant of his views. After taking a night to consider what hed do next, Luther was brought before the Diet the next day. While there, he sang the most famous ballad in Protestant history. I have transcribed it below, from the original German. Let it Go By Martin Luther My tonsured head glows white at the Diet tonight Your reflection, could be seen The Church has isolated me, Cajetan was really mean The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside Couldn’t keep it in, Karlstadt knows I tried Don’t let them in, don’t let them sense You’ll go to heaven if you buy an indulgence Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know Well, now they know Let it go, let it go Im justified by faith alone Let it go, let it go To act against my conscience would be wrong I don’t care What they’re going to say Let this Diet rage on, The Pope never bothered me anyway It’s funny how the Scripture Makes works-righteousness seem dope And the fears that once controlled me Are the fault of the Pope It’s time to tell them what I learned To test the limits and hope that I don’t burn No Popes, no bulls, no canon law I think James is an epistle of straw Let it go, let it go I won’t recant what I believe Let it go, let it go Last night I drenched the Devil in ink Here I stand And here Ill stay My conscience captive to the Word My writings spread to German villages all around The peasants love me, though I’ll burn them to the ground And one thought festers in my constipated bowels I’m never going back, They’ll have to kill me now Let it go, let it go I’ll be starting my own church Let it go, let it go I’ll have to hide out for some time first Here I stand And here I’ll stay I’ll marry my Kate The Pope never bothered me anyway
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 15:18:34 +0000
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