1
As Your servant walks through the wilderness,
quickly surround me with Your holy presence.
Hide me beneath the cloud of Your presence
and let me dwell under Your protection.

2
The world spreads its rays over me
and brings intense, burning heat.
It tries to dry me up
like a desert shrub in the wilderness.

3
O refreshing snow of the mountains of Lebanon,
let Your grace come upon my heart
and cool it with Your life-giving refreshment.

4
O Lord, if Your face does not go with me,
please do not let me go forward
or leave this place at all.

5
My Beloved, pour continually into my heart
the heavenly, life-giving sweetness
that rises from heaven—
the joy that comes from Your presence.

6
When I remember the riches of Your glory
and realize that I am only a stranger in this world,
help me, O Lord, always to live with the understanding
that I am a pilgrim and foreigner here.

7
Because I have received the light
that shines from Your radiant face,
grant that I may dwell forever
in the land of light and glory.