The Jesus Prayer sung in Gothic | The Skaldic Bard

Here is the ancient Jesus Prayer, translated by me and sung in Gothic by me (and my wife in the second half). The melody I am singing here is a well-known recitation of the prayer. The Gothic language, sadly now extinct, was an East Germanic language attested between the 3rd and 10th centuries, but some forms of it survived in the Crimea until a substantially later date. The Goths were quite early converts to Christianity with their conversion taking place in the late fourth century. Just picture the scene of a group of newly converted Goths gathering in a humble wooden church reciting this. The image in the video is my own creation in Adobe Express. If you would like to support my work and see more, please subscribe and leave a comment. If you would like to help me make more songs in a range of languages, please leave your suggestions and consider supporting me at Thanks! The Prayer: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 𐌹𐌴𐍃𐌿 𐍇𐍂𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌹 𐌼𐌹𐌺 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌰 Frauja Iēsū Xristau, sunau Gudis, armai mik frawaurhtana. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Follow me on Spotify (The Skaldic Bard): If you’d like to support my work, you can do so here: Thank you for your kindness. Please do not redistribute my work without permission. Feel free to email me with any inquiries!
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