The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done
An Easter hymn declaring that Jesus has won his fight against death, with Alleluias.
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The hymn declares that the fight between Jesus and death is over and that he has won. It tells of his three days in the grave and his rising, and asks him to free his servants so that they may live and praise him.
It rests on the Easter accounts in the Gospels and on 1 Corinthians 15:54-57, where Paul says death has been swallowed up in victory. It is sung on Easter and through the Easter season.
The Latin text was printed in Cologne in 1695. Francis Pott translated it into English in 1859.
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| Words | Latin, anonymous (Symphonia Sirenum, Köln, 1695), 1695 | Public domain |
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| Translation | Francis Pott, 1859 | Public domain |
| Tune | VICTORY · Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1591), arr. William H. Monk (1861), 1861 | Public domain |
Checked 2026-09-27 against hymnary.org text, tune and person pages (attribution and rights only). The words are not transcribed here yet.
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