1. His absence did not suffice the agony it caused me
Until his sword of rebuke did find and smite me

2. My soul I sacrifice for one absent from my sight
His place in my heart beyond any veil or barrier

3. If it were not for my eyes delighting in seeing him again
I would have granted them to the bringer of glad tidings of his return

4. So praise be to God who suppressed the enemies
And brought joy to our eyes with his homecoming