Jesu
hail! O
God
most
holy,
Gentle
Lamb,
an
Infant
lowly;
Born,
great
God, a
human
stranger,
Laid
within
the
narrow
manger:
Refrain
Might
transcending,
weakness
blending,
Greatness
bending
from
the
sky;
Love
unending,
man
befriending,
God
most
High,
God
most
High.
To
enrich
my
desolation,
To
redeem
me from
damnation,
Wrapt
in
swathing
bands
Thou
liest,
Thou in
want
and
weakness
sighest:
Refrain
Low
abased,
where
brutes
are
sleeping,
God’s
belovèd
Son is
weeping;
Judge
supreme,
true
Godhead
sharing,
Sinner’s
likeness
for us
wearing!
Refrain
Jesu,
Thine
my
heart
is
solely;
Draw
it,
take it
to Thee
wholly;
With
Thy
sacred
fire
illume
me,
Let it
inwardly
consume
me.
Refrain
Hence
let
idle
fancies
vanish,
Hence
all
evil
passions
banish;
Make me
like
Thyself
in
meekness,
Bind to
Thee my
human
weakness,
Refrain