How tedious and tasteless the hours
當我不見基督容華，
When Jesus no longer I see!
時間何等無味、可厭！
Sweet prospects, sweet birds and sweet flow’rs,
活潑的鳥、美麗的花，
Have all lost their sweetness to me.
對我就不再是甘甜；
The midsummer sun shines but dim,
可愛太陽如失光線，
The fields strive in vain to look gay;
田野枉欲表現歡喜；
But when I am happy in Him
當我快樂在祂裡面，
December’s as pleasant as May.
陰霾也如晴空美麗。

His name yields the richest perfume,
祂名發出最美香味，
And sweeter than music His voice;
祂聲成為最甜音樂，
His presence disperses my gloom,
祂的同在展我愁眉，
And makes all within me rejoice.
使我裡面盡都歡悅；
I should, were He always thus nigh,
祂若如此不斷親密，
Have nothing to wish or to fear;
我就無何可怕、可求，
No mortal so happy as I;
無人快樂與我可比，
My summer would last all the year.
我的春日常年長有。

Content with beholding His face,
看見祂面我就甘甜，
My all to His pleasure resigned;
我就只求祂的歡喜，
No changes of season or place,
不論時地有何改變，
Would make any change in my mind.
不能改變我的心意；
While blessed with a sense of His love,
只要感覺祂的愛戀，
A palace a toy would appear;
宮殿也成可笑玩具，
And prisons would palaces prove,
監獄可成榮耀宮殿，
If Jesus would dwell with me there.
如果基督和我同居。

My Lord, if indeed I am Thine,
我主，若我真是屬你，
If Thou art my sun and my song,
你若是我詩歌、太陽，
Say, why do I languish and pine?
請問為何我仍憂悒？
And why are my winters so long?
為何嚴冬這樣久長？
Oh, drive these dark clouds from the sky,
或將黑雲趕離我天，
Thy soul-cheering presence restore;
恢復你的歡樂同在；
Or take me to Thee up on high,
或接我到你的面前，
Where winter and clouds are no more.
無冬昏昧，無雲靉靆¹。