1 We would approach You, O Wise Lord, Thou most bounteous Spirit, in the service of this Thy holy light, the sign of Thy glory. Who brings pollutions to this Thy flame, him wilt Thou cover with pollutions in his turn. 2. But as the most friendly do Thou give us zeal, O Lord, through the light which is Thy sign, and approach us, and with the loving blessing of the most friendly, with the praise of the most adored. Yea, mayest Thou approach to aid us in this our greatest undertaking among the efforts of our zeal.

3 The light is verily the sign of the Wise Lord; yea, the most bounteous one of His Spirit, wherefore Thine is the most potent of all names for grace, O Lord! 4. And therefore we would approach Thee, O Lord, with the help of Thy Good Mind, which Thou dost implant within us, with Thy good Righteousness, and with the actions and the words inculcated by Thy good wisdom!

5 We therefore bow before Thee, and we direct our prayers to Thee with confessions of our guilt, O Wise Lord, with all the good thoughts which Thou dost inspire, with all the words well said, and the deeds well done; with these would we approach Thee. 6. And to Thy most beauteous signs do we make our deep acknowledgments, O Wise Lord, to those stars which are Thy signs, and to that one, the highest of the high, such as the sun, which is called so!