Before the world you reconciled

To God, you spent your days at play,

For you were also once a child.

You learned to walk; your parents smiled.

The holy mother showed the way,

Before the world you reconciled.

Your abba’s busy days were wiled

Away with toil—you’d learn the trade,

For you were also once a child.

And you would one day be defiled

With wood and nail, put on display

Before the world you reconciled,

A wretch abandoned and reviled.

Yet long before that fateful day,

When you were also once a child,

When you were meek and mild, and wild,

Your mama kept all fears at bay. 

Before the world you reconciled,

Yes, you were also once a child.

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