哦神，一棵没有祝福、枯干而无安息的树，一个无用的障碍物，在你工场我被显出。但我求主：“勿将我废弃，要用你手将我来拿起。
O God, unblessing and unblest,
A withered plant, but not at rest,
A useless cumberer I'm found
Upon Thy field, Thy purchased ground;
And yet I pray-"Do not forsake me,
But in Thy hand, O Savior, take me.

好像妇取未劈之麻，塑者取未成形之蜡，铁匠取那粗生之铁，作成用具，蒙人喜悦；照样，你手要将我拿起，勿让你爱将我来废弃。”
As women take unbroken flax,
As molder take unshapen wax,
As smith, the iron, rough and cold,
A useful instrument to mold,
So in Thy skillful hands, O take me,
And never let Thy love forsake me."

顽固意志，如石未碎，虽含金质难显宝贵；天然之心，无用废物，像大理石尚未刻出；因此求主：“不要废弃我，要在你手将我来攻破。
Like rock uncrushed, the stubborn will,
Though bearing gold is barren still;
Like marble in the quarry rough,
The natural heart is useless stuff;
And so, I pray-"Do not forsake me,
But with Thy hand, O Savior, break me.

好像炸药攻破坚石，好像铁锤打碎石子，好像磨石压碎麦子，也像干果破壳供食；照样，用你圣手破碎我，永远勿让你爱废弃我。”
As mortars crush the hardest rock,
As hammers break the stony block,
As millstones bruise the finest wheat,
As nuts are broken for their meat,
So with Thy mighty hand, O break me,
And never let Thy love forsake me."

虽已破碎，仍不中用，碎渣还须放到炉中；虽已压碎，我仍不能将那将亡群众供应；因此求主：“不要废弃我，为你事工要将我制作。
Though crushed and broken, yet I'm nought
But fragments to the furnace brought;
Though bruised, I have no worth to feed
The multitudes that die in need;
And so, I pray-"Do not forsake me,
But meet for service, Savior, make me.

好像金块经过模制，就成各种有用样式；也像麦粉经过泡制，水调火烤，可供人食；照样用火将我来制作，永远勿让你爱废弃我。”
As into useful forms the ore
From molten scraps the molders' pour;
As fire doth make the bruised wheat,
When mixed and molded, fit to eat;
So, fit for use by fire, O make me,
And never let Thy love forsake me."