1. My heart heals with praise of you
Proudly, and my wound heals too

2. O Word of God, in whom
All creation finds refuge

3. Lost in the night of sorrow
Perplexed by what comes to pass

4. Why do I err, why do you forgive?
Only because I break my vow, and you pardon

5. My pillar in hardship,
My fire is quenched by your light

6. I fear estranging myself from you
My estrangement and my eye weep

7. I stand, your humble servant
At your door, gently knocking

8. O refuge of the lost, in whom
None but you can quench their thirst

9. I begin by praising you
For judgment of who should start

10. How can my longing and passion
Be calmed, of love for you burnt?

11. How can my separation, my crying
Without you, ever be comforted?

12. God forbid you ever spurn
Those who spurn none but you

13. Take, oh Jesus, my passion
In it, will you find comfort?

14. O sea of boundless grace
The universe fills from your plenty

15. To you I come, seeking drink
From your spring that never runs dry

16. The face of the noble is honor
Its hallmark does not tarnish

17. The eye of the foe frightens me
But by you it is rendered blind

18. The envious I mark
By the scowl on his face

19. He thinks he can sow dissent
Between me and you, the fool!

20. As if we heed his word
When he is nothing to us

21. How can I fear him when Mary
Is the safe harbor and refuge?

22. O you who fear his mockery
Come to her, you'll not be shamed

23. My ardent heart never rests
Always hopeful, never despairing

24. Though the foe taunts me daily
Your love has rusted my heart to others

25. I ward off the foe's blows
But your blows I welcome

26. You are in the world
A cloak, and none can rend you

27.
How often have I found comfort

28. When abandoned, in you I trusted
Your guard kept guard over me

29. Fending off harms, my food
I hid you in my heart's keep

30. Where the wicked kept invading
The vile one imagined

31. Each day his affairs prospered
That I had stained her perfection

32. With my words or intention
Do not blame me, for I

33. Cannot rest from loving her
My heart recites the chapter

34. Of the image of the Virgin
O God's mercy, who mothers us

35. And cannot be requited
She is safety and contentment

36. Guidance and refuge
Whoever hopes in her

37. His hopes will thrive and flourish