Refrain: When he comes back, when he comes back.
Our lamps will be burning to welcome him
When he comes back.
- The master has promised that he will return
On a night when there’s no one expecting to see him at all
Keep oil in the lamps so they’re ready to burn
On the night of his secret, when those who are waiting he’ll call. - Look not for the master in heaven’s dark space
By the light of our living on earth we’ll discover his fact
The face of the master is always at hand
In the face of the stranger, the poor,in the face of a man. - This stranger will search for his home in the nigh;
And then how will he find it unless all the windows are bright?
But if we are waiting-why then he’ll come in
And there’ll be a homecoming with dancing and singing within.