一 當我不見基督容華，時間何等無味、可厭！
甘甜的鳥、甘甜的花，對我就不再是甘甜；
可愛太陽如失光線，田野枉欲表現歡喜，
當我快樂在祂裏面，陰霾也如晴空美麗。
二 祂名發出最美香味，祂聲成為最甜音樂；
祂的同在展我愁眉，使我裏面盡都歡悅。
祂若如此不斷親密，我就無何可怕、可求；
無人快樂與我可比，我的春日常年長有。
三 看見祂面我就甘甜，我就只求祂的歡喜；
不論時地有何改變，不能改變我的心意。
只要感覺祂的愛戀，宮殿也成可笑玩具；
監獄可成榮耀宮殿，如果基督和我同居。
四 我主，若我真是屬祢，祢若是我詩歌、太陽，
請問為何我仍憂悒？為何嚴冬這樣久長？
或將黑雲趕離我天，恢復祢的歡樂同在；
或接我到祢的面前，無冬昏昧，無雪靉靆。
1. How tedious and tasteless the hours,
When Jesus no longer I see!
Sweet prospects, sweet birds and sweet flow'rs,
Have all lost their sweetness to me.
The mid-summer sun shines but dim,
The field strive in vain to look gay;
But when I am happy in Him,
December's as pleasant as May.
2. His name yields the richest perfume,
And sweeter than music His voice;
His presence disperses my gloom,
And makes all within me rejoice.
I should, were He always thus nigh,
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
No mortal so happy as I,
My summer would last all the year.
3. Content with beholding His face,
My all to His pleasure resigned;
No changes of season or place,
Would make any change in my mind.
While blessed with a sense of His love,
A palace a toy would appear;
And prisons would palaces prove,
If Jesus would dwell with me there.
4. My Lord, if indeed I am Thine,
If Thou art my sun and my song,
Say, why do I languish and pine?
And why are my winters so long?
Oh, drive these dark clouds from the sky,
Thy soul-cheering presence restore;
Or take me to Thee up on high,
Where winter and clouds are no more.