My Tender Heart Has Become Your Home - Poem Lyrics

(My tender heart has become Your home
Deep in my bosom is Your dwelling place)2
I have forsaken the world and its pleasures
And abandoned all so that I may live with You
I have no desire, nor passion, nor
Have I a thought but to follow You
And my father Jacob I know his secret
Now I know how he wrestled with You

(O kind-hearted, how sweet You are
Mighty, exalted and glorious above all
O mighty One, with a whip in Your palm
Your heart overflows with love
While crying and weeping for all)2
The world is not enough to contain all of You,
How then could my heart befit all of You
I have forsaken the world and its pleasures
And abandoned all so that I may live with You

(Lord, I have deserted all but not You
In the sojourn of my life I have none but You)2
And my thoughts I prevented from wandering
So wherever You are there my thoughts will be
I have forgotten my family and friends
And even forgot myself for Your love
I forgot them all in love of You
O joy of my heart, so don’t forget Your child

(You are not far from my soul that awaits
Your visiting call in the calm silence
Truly You’re in heaven, however every
Heart that lived in Your love is also Your heaven)2
Here are my eyes and I have closed them
From seeing the world so that I could see You
And likewise my ears, I have cleared them
From all idle talk, so I could hear Your voice