Come, My Light

  Come, my Light,

     and illumine my darkness.

  Come, my Life,
     and revive me from death.

  

  Come, my Physician,
     and heal my wounds.

  Come, Flame of divine love,
     and burn up the thorns
     of my sins,

 
  Kindling my heart 

      with the flame
      of Your Love.

  Come, my King,
      sit upon the throne
      of my heart
      and reign there.

  For You alone
       are my King and my Lord.

              (Dmitri of Rostov, d. 1709)