Der am Kreuz ist meine Liebe
"" (He on the Cross is my love) is the beginning of Passion hymns in German. One version was written by as a translation of the Latin "Amor meus crucifixus est" (My love was crucified), attributed to Ignatius of Loyola, to the melody of "". A famous version was written by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, in six stanzas, and first published in 1758. It was associated with the melody used first for "". Several poems and hymns use Klopstock's beginning and format, including a 1974 version in three stanzas by Lothar Zenetti which is contained in regional sections of the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob. History All poems begin with a declaration of love for the crucified Jesus: The stanzas have eight lines each. The rhyme scheme is ABABCCAA, with the A lines of 8 syllables, the others 7 syllables. Mentzer wrote "", a poem in six stanzas, as a translation of the Latin "Amor meus crucifixus est" (My love was crucified), attributed to Ignatius of Loyola. It was assigned to the melody of "". This version appears in Zahn's catalogue as anonymous, Zahn No. 6639. It was also attributed to Ahasverus Fritzsch. The last two lines are the same in all