Light after darkness, gain after loss,
Strength after weakness, crown after cross;
Sweet after bitter, hope after fears,
Home after wandering, praise after tears.
Sheaves after sowing, sun after rain,
Sight after mystery, peace after pain;
Joy after sorrow, calm after blast,
Rest after weariness, sweet rest at last.
Near after distant, gleam after gloom,
Love after loneliness, life after tomb;
After long agony, rapture of bliss,
Right was the pathway, leading to this.
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黑暗後光明,失後有獲,
十架後冠冕,弱後剛強;
恐懼後有望,苦後甘甜,
流蕩後回家,淚後讚美。
撒種後收成,雨後太陽,
模糊後顯明,痛後平安;
悲哀後歡樂,風後平靜,
困乏後安息,末了安憩。
遙遠後相近,暗後有光,
孤單後有愛,死後得生;
漫長痛苦後,被提極樂,
這就是正路,引到樂境。