There fared a mother driven forth / Out of an inn to roam.

Now, over the deep of barren gloom, over / The depths of a barren womb, life breathes again.

Remember your mercy in Christ, I plead / When all my watchmen abandon their walls.

There fared a mother driven forth / Out of an inn to roam.

Now, over the deep of barren gloom, over / The depths of a barren womb, life breathes again.

Remember your mercy in Christ, I plead / When all my watchmen abandon their walls.

There fared a mother driven forth / Out of an inn to roam.

Love bade me welcome. Yet my soul drew back / Guilty of dust and sin.

Now, over the deep of barren gloom, over / The depths of a barren womb, life breathes again.