Jesu, Jesu, miserere

"Jesu, Jesu, miserere;

"Hear my cry to Thee."

Come, thou fainting one and weary,

Come to Me.

"Sin and shame my heart benumbing,

"Shall I gain Thy feet?"

Shrinking, trembling, hardly coming,

Thee I meet.

"Jesu, Jesu, miserere;

"Save me or I die."

Hearken in the darkness dreary,

It is I.

"Jesu, Jesu, miserere;

"Hush my soul's unrest."

Lay thee, travelworn and weary,

On My breast.

"Jesus, come, come quickly to me,

"Only make me Thine."

I am here; thy anguish drew Me,

Thou art mine.