The musicologist Anne Leahy of the Dublin Institute of Technology notes that Bach had possibly stanza 3 in mind, which speaks of love, and used the instrument which is named after love.
A musicóloga Anne Leahy, do Dublin Institute of Technology, sinala que Bach tiña posiblemente a terceira estrofa en mente, que fala do amor, e emprega o instrumento que leva o seu nome, o óboe d'amore.