On High Annaya Cloister

On high annaya cloister Saint sharbel lit his lampion Exalt every chorister With love and with devotion O saint charbel for us pray O monk up on a hillside In your hermitage praying And from the redeemer's side Love and purity drawing O saint sharbel for us pray This earth you loved so dearly Labored, planted and watered With your sweat and blood amply With roses now is scented O saint sharbel for us pray O perfect to each brother Molded in pure charity Let us all press together In candid fraternity O saint sharbel for us pray A saint, for god totally Who all the world did amaze Provide for your land wholly Saint who among us was raised O saint sharbel for us pray The cedar of lebanon Calls saint sharbel and mary Your eyes keep forever on Lebanon's mount and prairie O saint sharbel for us pray In bka'kafra, still a child You loved to be secluded And prayed to grow undefiled Holy, pure and good-minded O saint sharbel for us pray Day by day with host and wine You meet god in holy mass Asking, pleading the divine Blessings for us you amass O saint sharbel for us pray To sharbel we came pilgrims To gain from his shrine blessing As we proceed singing hymns Graces from his heart seeking O saint sharbel for us pray Saint sharbel, from your retreat Look upon your church wholly Your sanctity we entreat Her heart fill with christ solely O saint sharbel for us pray A saint, for god totally Who all the world did amaze Provide for your land wholly Saint who among us was raised O saint sharbel for us pray