By St. Teresa of Jesus
Refrain:
I am Yours and born for You,
What do You will to do with me?
1.
Sovereign Lord, of majesty
And wisdom without end,
Goodness for this soul to see,
God, one Being, all to comprehend,
Look at this lowly creature,
Singing her love for You;
What do You will to do with me?
2.
Yours I am, for You I was born,
What do You will to do with me?
What do You command, Good Lord,
Of a creature such as I?
What mission have You for this slave,
The vilest ever known?
Look at me, Sweet Love,
Look at me, Sweet Love;
What do You will to do with me?
3.
Behold my heart I give to You
I place it in Your hand,
My body, life, and soul,
My very being, and my all;
Redeemer and Sweet Spouse,
I have given myself to You;
What do You will to do with me?
4.
Give me death, or give me life,
Give me health or sickness,
Give me honor or dishonor,
Give me war or greatest peace,
Give me weakness or full strength,
To all I say: "Yes";
What do You will to do with me?
5.
Give me wealth or poverty,
Give me comfort or distress,
Give me joy or misery,
Silent words or words to bless,
Gentle Father, here am I,
All I give to You;
What do You will to do with me?
6.
Give me wisdom, or if not,
Ignorance and darkest night;
Years of plenty, or a lot
Where the hunger is a blight;
Darkness or the clearest day,
Just as it pleases You;
What do You will to do with me?
7.
If You will that I should rest,
I will rest for love of You;
If You will I do my best,
Working till the day is through;
Tell me how and tell me where,
Tell me what to do;
What do You will to do with me?
8.
Give me prayer or give me drought,
Abundance or the lack of it,
Give me spirit high and bright,
Or a soul that's quite unfit;
Sovereign Good, in peace I rest,
When I am one with You;
What do You will to do with me?
9.
Give me then a Calvary,
Or a Tabor if You please,
Or a desert, or a sea,
Or a place of quiet ease;
Be it Job in suffering,
Or John upon Your breast;
What do You will to do with me?
10.
Be it Joseph in his chains,
Or as Egypt's governor,
David in his many pains,
Or as Israel's conqueror;
Be it Jonah in the whale,
Or in Niniveh's street;
What do You will to do with me?
11.
Be it silence, be it speech,
Be it fruit or be it dry,
Show me what the law will teach,
Or the Gospel's lofty cry;
Be it joy or be it pain,
Only You I seek;
What do You will to do with me?
12.
I am Yours and born for You,
What do You will to do with me?
If You will that I should be
As a thing of no account,
Then Your will be done in me,
On this holy, sacred mount;
I will be a thing of naught,
Only for Your love;
What do You will to do with me?
13.
If You will that I should die,
Then I die for love of You;
If You will that I should live,
Then I live for love of You;
Only tell me what You will,
Only tell me how;
What do You will to do with me?
14.
Yours I am, for You I was born,
What do You will to do with me?
Look at me, Sweet Love,
Look at me, Sweet Love;
What do You will to do with me?