1. When from the darkness comes no light,
When from the weeping comes no laughter;
When in the day we hope for night,
Not any comfort coming after: grant us your peace.
2. When in our confidence our fears,
Clutch at the heart and make us tremble;
When in our joy we weep cold tears,
And in our frankness we dissemble: grant us your light.
3. When in our love there is not care,
And in our yearning we are dullness;
When what we know we cannot dare,
And we are nothing that is fullness: grant us your truth.
