Master, speak! Thy servant heareth
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Master, speak! Thy servant heareth, Waiting for thy gracious word, Longing for the voice that cheereth; Master, let it now be heard. I am listening, Lord, for thee; What hast thou to say to me? Speak to me by name, O Master! Let me know it is to me; Speak, that I may follow faster, With a step more firm and free, Where the Shepherd leads the flock In the shadow of the rock. Master, speak! Though least and lowest, Let me not unheard depart; Master, speak! For O thou knowest All the yearning of my heart; Knowest all its truest need; Speak, and make me blest indeed. Master, speak! And make me ready, When thy voice is truly heard, With obedience glad and steady Still to follow every word, I am listening. Lord, to thee; Master, speak, O speak to me! |
Dic, Magister, auscultanti et manenti. servulo; ista vox desideranti audiatur ilico; audituro te mihi ecquid est quod vis loqui. Sim, Magister, nominatus: me vocari sic sciam; citius sequar vocatus gnaviusque semitam, oves Pastor qua regit, saxum quibus umbra sit. Dic, licetque sim spernendus hinc ne spretus iverim; es, Magister, haud docendus quid largiri te velim; cordis haud ignarus es: dic, ut maxime bees. Dic, et redde me volentem voce vere cognita firmiter oboedientem iussa facere omnia; audienti te mihi ne nolueris loqui. |