Refuge of strength, free from despair!
What led me from thy sunny glades?
Where once I danced on lawns unfading
Thy towering pinnacles, glimmering light
Thy everlasting towers, jeweled in white
While quiet fell the flowing fountains
In the shade of surrounding mountains.
Glittering ivory, on a field of green,
The light of which has never been seen
On this fair earth, east of the Sea!
From Exile now to you I flee.
Oh land of blessedness, of shining towers,
What led me from thy peaceful flowers?
I long to see you after countless years
For my days have passed with mournful tears.
And in your light I will dance again
And forget those years of untold pain.