No pain too mean for her,

No grief too dumb.

Man’s deserts and man’s sin

She shall not discover.

Kwan-yin—Kwan-yin

Is the world’s lover.

Ah, thief of pain ... thou thief of pain ...

Thou thief of pain, come in.

Never a cry in vain,

Kwan-yin—Kwan-yin....