TURN YOUR SIGHT AROUND MY GOD,
TOWARD THIS UNHAPPY CREATURE
DO NOT GIVE ME GRAVE
AMONG THE WAVES OF THE SEA.
GIVE ME STRENGTH AND COURAGE
TO BE SAVED FROM THE ABYSS,
GIVE ME YOUR GRACE
FOR YOUR KINDNESS IS SO GREAT.
IF I AS A FRAGILE BOAT,
FLATTERED BY PRIDE,
HAVE CROSSED THE HUMAN SEA,
JUST AFTER THE PLEASURE;
LORD LET ME RETURN
AND STEP ON THE CONTINENT,
WITH A FERVENT DEVOTION
TO BE A CHRISTIAN OF FAITH.
IF I WITH MY RECKLESS FAULT
HAVE SAILED WITHIN THE MIST
CHALLENGING THE FOAM
THAT RAISES THE SEA
GOING FORWARD I OFFER TO YOU
I SHALL NOT DARE
TO IGNORE THE LAMENT
OF THAT WHO SUFFERS WITHIN EVIL.
AND FOLLOWING MY WAY,
I HAVE HAD EVEN THE EFFRONTERY
TO MOCK THE LIGHTHOUSE
THE PORT DESIGNATED FOR ME;
MY GOD I PROMISE,
NOT TO MOCK THE LIGHT
THAT SHINES ON THE CROSS
FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR SON.
OH! YOU FATHER OF MY SOUL,
WHO HEARS THE AFFLICTED,
AND REGRETFUL YOU SEE ME
OF WHAT MY LIFE WAS.
MY GOD SAVE ME, SAVE ME
AND GIVE ME,
BEFORE I FACE YOU,
THE TIME TO REPENT

AMEN