"Scis te lassum? scis languentem?
Luctu contristaris?
Audin' 'Veni, veniensque
Pace perfruaris."
Art thou weary, art thou languid,
Art thou sore distrest?
"Come to Me," saith One, "and coming,
Be at rest!"
Notas habet, quas agnôrim
Istum consectatus?
"Manus, Plantæ, cruentatæ,
Cruentatum Latus."
Hath He marks to lead me to Him,
If He be my guide?
"In His Feet and Hands are wound-prints,
And His Side."
Ecquid portat, pro corona
Quæ Monarchas ornat?
"Diadema, sed spinarum,
Frontem Hanc adornat."
Hath He diadem as Monarch
That His Brow adorns?
"Yea, a Crown, in very surety,
But of thorns."
Sin obnitar, sin attingam,
Quî remunerabit?
"Luctûs, fletûs, ac laborum
Largitatem dabit."
If I find Him, if I follow,
What His guerdon here?,
"Many a sorrow, many a labour,
Many a tear."
Sin obstrictus adhærebo,
Quis in fine status?
"Viæ meta, luctûs fuga,
Labor exantlatus."
If I still hold closely to Him,
What hath He at last?
"Sorrow vanquished, labour ended,
Jordan past."
Si receptum supplicâssim,
Votum exaudiret?
"Quanquam Terra, quanquam Cœlum
In ruinam iret."
If I ask Him to receive me,
Will He say me nay?
"Not till Earth, and not till Heaven
Pass away."
Persistentem, perluctantem
Certus est beare?
"Vates quisque, Martyr, Virgo,
Angelus, testare!"
Finding, following, keeping, struggling,
Is He sure to bless?
"Angels, Martyrs, Prophets, Virgins,
Answer, Yes!"