1. Oh my father, whose light embodied
Bestows upon us bounty overflowing

2. He tarried for a time upon this earth
Until his heavenly abode came calling

3. For he was but a star that graced the soil
Awhile, but when his time was done, withdrew his glow

4. He shed the raiment of demise, unfurled
To highest heaven, radiant in its hallowed flow

5. Now swimming in a sea of light serene
Unknown his shores, boundless his ebb and flow

6. Freed from sheath of worldly woes, pristine
Naught left but glimmer of his shining sword’s echo

7. If he's now gone, still he endures, his visage
A star motivating yearning with its halo

8. And were it not my faith he's in a garden
Celestial, his memory would tears bestow

9. On you, peace, from a heart that sends
To you, a yearning no remedy can know