It is my sun that lightens me,

My well-spring, me refreshing!

My sweetest wine, my heav'nly bread,

My cov'ring when before Thee,

And my glory,

My shield in hour of need,

My house that riseth o'er me!

Ah! dearest love, why was I born,

If Thou my soul forsakest?

If Thou withdraw'st, I'm all forlorn,