Now I lay me
Down to sleep.
I pray the Lord
My soul to keep.
If I should cry
Before I wake
I pray the Lord
My tears to take.
It's interesting I happened to come across this poem. Just recently a friend and I were talking about how the well known version of this prayer with the words, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take, could certainly be scary for children to think about before closing their eyes to sleep. You've come up with a much nicer and not so what some might see as gloomy alternative! Well done!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
You are a grand poetess! When I awake with tears on face feeling like Phoenix the Lord tells me go buy your own Kleenex! So I do and when I done wiping myself dry stop by the orphanage drop off the box and say good-bye Then I hear the Lord from the sky tells me, toughen up boy all bodies do die You're not you body, I taught you well come party with me forgot about hell