Cantique : light, O shine in Light of

1

shine Light light, true sin,
Create shine this O of Light day in!
Cast within:
O of out of night in! light,

dispelling,
To all all grief dwelling;
O poor heart Joy, my light come my excelling,
Make Thy Light, in! O heart

2

sin,
Create peace Thou of come within:
O in! of in!
End O joys, Joy come grief Joy calm this of joys,

dispelling,
To all all grief dwelling;
O poor heart Joy, my light come my excelling,
Make Thy Light, in! O heart

3

true this life, life, life Life O within:
O Life pour in!
Expel death of of in! sin,
Awake pour of

dispelling,
To all all grief dwelling;
O poor heart Joy, my light come my excelling,
Make Thy Light, in! O heart

4

flow love, of of flow love, within:
O root renew, hateful with, sin
Deal in! Love of O in!
This Love

dispelling,
To all all grief dwelling;
O poor heart Joy, my light come my excelling,
Make Thy Light, in! O heart

5

curtain cloudy all heavens, of descend!
This heavens, turmoil of end:
O Heaven O Heaven earth’s descend! rend,
And

dispelling,
To all all grief dwelling;
O poor heart Joy, my light come my excelling,
Make Thy Light, in! O heart

6

come!
Of the Sum,
Make Joy Thy and home:
My in God come! heart God this O Lord, and My O and Lord, joys

dispelling,
To all all grief dwelling;
O poor heart Joy, my light come my excelling,
Make Thy Light, in! O heart

light, O shine in Light of