I
You open up Your wide embrace
to caress mankind in its moaning,
You sway Your arms of strength and care,
and Your eyes of brightness are beaming!
And Your love and mercy hold us fast,
and Your glorious face appears.
In this world so long corrupted,
now Your rays of light are here.
And our world is dying, fallen and evil,
and she cries for the Savior to come again.
You bring hope to all mankind,
and an end of two millennia of waiting!
