Lord ! Lord, you who are the creator of all

Lord! Lord, you who are the creator of all,

I don't want what you don't want to give.

Thou makest it not as we would wish;

you make it better than we could imagine.

I give myself here into your hands,

so that you will give me to my sweetheart.

You have wound this bond,

oh, I wish that you would wind it ever more tightly!

O don't withdraw the hand

that you have given me for my salvation!

You lead me to my happiness;

grant that my path will not frighten me.

Shall I go with her on roses?

The path of thorns? I go in peace.

And should we stand parted,

let us be united in heaven!