Lift up your voice and with us sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O burning sun with golden beam
And silver moon with softer gleam:
Oh, praise God! Oh, praise God!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
O rushing wind and breezes soft,
O clouds that ride the winds aloft:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O rising morn, in praise rejoice,
O lights of evening, find a voice.
Oh, praise God! Oh, praise God!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
O flowing waters, pure and clear,
Make music for your Lord to hear.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O fire so masterful and bright,
Providing us with warmth and light,
Oh, praise God! Oh, praise God!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Dear mother earth, who day by day
Unfolds rich blessings on our way,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
The fruits and flow'rs that verdant grow,
Let them God's praise abundant show.
Oh, praise God! Oh, praise God!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
O ev'ry one of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
All you who pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God on whom you cast your care.
Oh, praise God! Oh, praise God!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
And you, most kind and gentle death,
Waiting to hush our final breath,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
You lead to heav'n the child of God,
Where Christ our Lord the way has trod.
Oh, praise God! Oh, praise God!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship God in humbleness,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Oh praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!
Oh, praise God! Oh, praise God!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Text: Laudato si, mi Signor; St Francis of Assisi
Translation: William H. Draper
Tune: Ralph Vaughan Williams