1  O Jesus, Jesus, dearest Lord!

       Forgive me if I say,

    For very love, Thy sacred name

       A thousand times a day.

 2  I love Thee so I know not how

       My transports to control;

    Thy love is like a burning fire

       Within my very soul.

 3  For Thou to me art all in all;

       My honor and my wealth;

    My heart's desire, my body's strength,

       My soul's eternal health.

 4  Burn, burn, O love, within my heart,

       Burn fiercely night and day,

    Till all the dross of earthly loves

       Is burned, and burned away.

 5  O light in darkness, joy in grief,

       O heaven's life on earth;

    Jesus, my love, my treasure, who

       Can tell what Thou art worth?

 6  What limit is there to this love?

       Thy flight, where wilt Thou stay?

    On, on! Our Lord is sweeter far

       Today than yesterday.