E’en though it be a cross

That raiseth me;

Still all my song shall be,

Though, like the wanderer,

The sun gone down,

Darkness be over me,

My rest a stone;

Yet in my dreams I’d be

There let the way appear Steps unto heav’n;

All that thou sendest me

In mercy giv’n;

Angels to beckon me

Then, with my waking thoughts

Bright with thy praise,

Out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;

So by my woes to be

Or if, on joyful wing,

Cleaving the sky,

Sun, moon, and stars forget,

Upwards I fly;

Still all my song shall be,

‘Nearer, my God, to thee,

Nearer to thee!’

 

縱使在十字架

高舉我身；

我心依然歌詠，

雖在曠野遊行，

紅日西沉，

黑暗籠罩我身，

依石為枕；

夢裡依舊追尋，

忽有階梯顯現，上達天庭；

一生蒙主所賜

慈悲充盈；

欣看天使招迎

醒來讚美滿心

思想光明，

愁心之中見主，石壇為證；

苦痛也使我心

喜樂如翼加身，

向天飛昇，

超越日月星辰，

飛向永恆；

我心依然歌詠，

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