Father of Jesus,

Dawn returns, but without thy light within

no outward light can profit;

Give me the saving lamp of thy Spirit that I may

see thee,

the God of my salvation, the delight of my soul,

rejoicing over me in love.

I commend my heart to thy watchful care,

for I know its treachery and power;

Guard its every portal from the wily enemy,

Give me quick discernment of his deadly arts,

Help me to recognize his bold disguise as an

angel of light,

and bid him begone.

May my words and works allure others to the

highest walks of faith and love!

May loiterers be quickened to greater diligence

by my example!

May worldlings be won to delight in acquaintance

with thee!

May the timid and irresolute be warned

of coming doom by my zeal for Jesus!

Cause me to be a mirror of thy grace,

to show others the joy of thy service,

May my lips be well-tuned cymbals

sounding thy praise,

Let a halo of heavenly-mindedness

sparkle around me

and a lamp of kindness sunbeam my path.

Teach me the happy art of

attending to things temporal

with a mind intent on things eternal.

Send me forth to have compassion

on the ignorant and miserable.

Help me to walk as Jesus walked,

my only Saviour and perfect model,

his mind my inward guest,

his meekness my covering garb.

Let my happy place be amongst the poor in spirit,

my delight the gentle ranks of the meek.

Let me always esteem others better than myself,

and find in true humility

an heirdom to two worlds.

隨便翻譯一下，歡迎有詩才的人改動

耶穌的父啊：

黎明到來，但心中的光還未啟明

我無法從外來的光得到益處

請給我你的救贖之光，好讓我能看見你

我的救恩的神，我靈魂的喜悅，在愛中歡喜

我把我的心託付給你細心的照料，

因為我知道它的善變和力量，

請保守每一個門戶，遠離狡猾的敵人，

使我敏銳地分辨它致死的伎倆

幫助我認識他放肆的偽裝，打扮成光明的天使

好命令他離開

願我的話和我的行為能吸引人到信心和愛的最高處

願閒散的人被激勵，能因我的榜樣更加的勤奮

好贏得世人，在喜悅中認識你

願膽小的人和憂柔寡斷的人被我對耶穌的熱情所警告，知道那將來的厄運

使我成為你恩典的鏡子，讓別人看見我對你的事奉中的喜樂

願我的嘴唇像調好音的鈸，發出對你的讚美之聲

讓屬天的心思之光在我的身旁閃耀

讓恩慈的燈照亮我的道路

教導我快樂的藝術

用思念永恆之事的心來照料塵世之事

賜給我對無知和在悲慘中的人有同情心

幫助我能行走像耶穌

我唯一的救主和完美的榜樣，

他的心是我內心的客人，

祂的柔順是遮蔽我的外袍

在心靈窮乏的人當中，讓我感到喜樂

在柔順的人當中能找到喜悅

讓我總是看別人比自己強，

找到真正的謙卑，

能承載兩個世界