#355: Sing, My Tongue

[lutheranhymns]

This was written in the 500s or 600s by a guy with the excellent Latin name "Venantius Honorius Fortunatus." The point of view shifts around: at the beginning, the narrator is exhorting their own voice to sing about Jesus' death (it sounds weird to address your own tongue, but there are other hymns that are addressed to "my soul," so there's precedent). Then it shifts to addressing the cross itself, asking it to treat Jesus with respect and be an important symbol for the world.