NEUOFFENBARUNGTo sing to the Lord in great sadness
1. Most Mighty Lord, You who are always full of grace out of endless love and mercy to us, look mercifully down upon us poorest sinners!
2. It is sad, even terrible to live in this so dark and malicious world, as one ought honestly shy away from confessing Your living inner word!
3. Man favors a worldly hustle and bustle of all imaginable kinds, and gives praise – to the promoters of fashions, of luxury, of worldly splendor, and of all that which only ever possible is able to strengthen selfishness.
4. But woe to the honest, peaceful man who always dares to raise his heart only to You, and withdraws from the maddest world in order to follow the inner holy call from You, dear Holy Father!
5. Oh Father, oh most loving Holy Father, have mercy on us; You, sweetest Jesus, oh come, oh come for once after all – to judge the most sinful world, yes, to judge the dark hearts of the brothers – to you, dear Holy Father!
6. Oh earth, oh earth, you dark dwelling place of abomination, how will you persist before the eyes of Him, Who has wanted to wash and purify you with his own holiest blood to the sun of the suns? Who entered you dark one, you dead one, so Fatherly patiently with His own feet?
7. Oh you ears, you evil ears of the world, in which the holiest mighty name only sounds ridiculous, oh woe unto you, woe unto you! When He will come to argue with you! I will not give away a leaden heller for a thousand pounds of worldly gold then!
8. But when will you come, you terribly joyful day? – Oh do not hesitate, do not hesitate so long, you already long awaited holy release of the abominations of the earth, you first, you youngest of the holy days of the earth!
9. How many times will you, worthy sun, give to the most beautiful earth the lovely, glorious rays from you, until that day will come on earth, when for the first time the darkest countries of the earth's creation will suck the milder rays from you; oh say it, oh say it, holy sun, or lament and weep with me.
10. And you treacherous moon, you faithful companion of the dark misery of the earth, how long will you still change your deceitfully stolen light? Retreat, retreat! For otherwise you will soon be devoured from our earth's most dense and deadly night!
11. And you stars, you fiery flowers of heaven, when will you cover the sinful ground of the earth with your glorious light, so that then the free ones of the holy Father on your fields of the most peaceful light may recognize themselves as eternal brothers?
12. Oh Father, most holy Father, oh let, oh let your most holy words soon come into finite holy fulfillment, otherwise we perish! Your holy will be done on earth, therefore, as in heaven always for ever. Amen.