“The Morning of Hope”
Good morning my Lord… O the Lord of Longing!
Good morning my Lord… O the Lord of Loneliness!
I’m far from you, but you are close.
I started my day with you — and you are here…
My sin is sitting to wait for you.
It’s a sin to love someone while sitting. Rather, love means going.
You’re not guilty if you are hopeful about [a sinful one like] me.
It’s my sin, if your eyes are teary.
O God, show me the Sublime Countenance! (*)
No longer I’m able to endure.
The whole world has abandoned m
e, but you haven’t…
I promise not to shed your tears anymore.
But it’s hard to hold on.
I’m neglecting in my love to you, but you aren’t…
You cry for me twice a week.
You repent on behalf of me twice a week.
You’re waiting — more than my wait for you — for my absence to end.
[I know that] I’m lying when I say I’m a lover, however, let me come [to you].
May you not tell me that my time has expired.
Pray for me to become good for your sanctity, my Lord!
Let me not to be the reason of your cry.
Let me not to be the reason of your prolonged absence.