Receive, O Lord, In Heaven Above

This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in The English Hymnal (1906). It is listed under Saints’ Days: General: For a Vigil in that hymnal:

Receive, O Lord, in heaven above
Our prayers and supplications pure;
Give us a heart all full of love
And steady courage to endure.

Thy holy name our mouths confess,
Our tongues are harps to praise thy grace;
Forgive our sins and wickedness,
Who in this vigil seek thy face.

Let not our song become a sigh,
A wail of anguish and despair;
In loving-kindness, Lord most high,
Receive to-night our evening prayer.

O raise us in that day, that we
May sing, where all thy Saints adore,
Praise to thy Father, and to thee,
And to thy Spirit, evermore. Amen.

Words: St. Ephraim the Syrian, 307-373; tr. Francis C. Burkitt, 1906.
Tune: “St. Ambrose” From La Feillée ‘Méthode du plain-chant,’ 1782.
Meter: 8.8.8.8

Here is the original Aramaic/Syriac text of this hymn. I apologize for any errors that may be in the text. I was able to find the text in S. Ephraim’s Opera (Rome, 1732-4G, vol. vi., p. 536), as Paraenesis lxvi thanks to John Julian’s entry on this hymn, however the text was small and difficult to read. A few of the letters may be off – particular ayin and lamed which are hard to tell apart from one another in the Syriac script. The vowel markings may very well be inaccurate. I was attempting to match the best options to what I could see in the text. I welcome any constructive corrections to this text from anyone familiar with Syriac and/or the text of this particular hymn:

ܩܰܒܼܶܠ ܡܳܪܰܢ ܒܳܥܘܳܬ ܟܽܠܰܢ ܐܰܫ ܬܳܫܡܶܫܬܰܢ ܘܰܨܠܰܘܵܬܰܢ܃ ܗܰܒܼܠܰܢ ܠܶܒܳܐ ܕܰܡܠܶܐ ܚܘܽܒܳܐ ܐܳܦ ܪܶܥܝܳܢܳܐ ܕܰܛܥܽܝܢ ܚܰܫܳܐ܂܀
ܦܘܽܡܳܐ ܕܡܰ݀ܘܕܶܐ ܒܗܰܡܳܢܘܽܬܳܐ ܘܩ݃ܠܰܝܵܢ ܢܶܗܘ݂ܘܽܢ ܟܶܢܳܪ ܫܘܿܒܚܳܐ ܫܰܗܪܳܐ ܘܥܰܡܳܠܐ ܕܰܛܥܼܶܢ ܓܘܫܡܰܢ ܚܢܳܢܳܟ ܢܰܗܘ݂ܶܐ ܥܰܠ ܚܰܘܵܒܳܬܰܢ.܀
ܦܵܘܽܡܶܐ ܕܰܗܘܰܘ݂ ܠܳܟ ܟܶܢܳܪ݁ܶܐ ܐܳܦ ܠܶܫܳܵܢܶܐ ܕܰܐܡܼܰܪܘ ܫܘܳܒܚܳܐ܃ ܠܳܐܡܳܪܝ ܢܶܩܥܼܘܽܢ ܡܶܢ ܫܘܽܢܳܩܳܐ ܕܰܐܫܘܼ݃ܝܬ ܐܽܢܘܽܢ ܠܡܼܶܐܡܰܪ ܫܘܽܒܚܳܟ.܀
ܥܰܝܵܢܶܐ ܕܰܛܥܶܢܼܵܝ ܝܘܽܩܪܳܐ ܕܫܶܢܬܳܐ ܘܪܶ݀ܓܠܶܐ ܕܰܥܡܰܠܵܝ ܘܼܰܠܐܝܵ ܩܘܽܕܡܰܝܟ܃ ܠܽܐ ܢܶܣ݂ܬܰܪ݁ܩܳܢ ܡܶܢ ܗܰܘܿ ܣܰܒܪܳܐ ܘܢܼ݃ܐܒܽܪ ܐܰܓܪܗܶܝܢ ܒܝܘܽܡ ܦܘܽܪܥܝܳܐ܂܀
ܠܳܐ ܡܳܪܝ ܢܶܗܘ݂ܽܘܢ ܩܳܵܠܶܐ ܕܦܘܽܡܰܝܵܢ ܘܰܕܟܶܢܳܪܰܝܵܢ ܠܶܐܠܝܳܐ ܘܒܶܟܝܳܐ܃ ܐܶܠܳܐ ܒܪܰܚܵܡܰܝܟ ܐܳܦ ܒܰܚܢܳܢܳܟ ܘܰܒܛܰܝܒܘܽܬܳܟ ܩܼܰܒܶܠ ܫܰܗܪܰܢ܂܀
ܘܰܐܫܘ݂ܳܐ ܠܟܽܠܰܢ ܕܰܒܚܰܕ ܠܶܒܳܐ ܫܰܩܝܳܐ ܘܕܰܟܝܳܐ ܢܶܩܘ݂ܽܡ ܩܘܽܕܡܰܝܟ ܘܰܒܫܰܩܝܘܽܬܳܐ ܢܰܣܼܶܩ ܫܘܽܒܚܳܐ ܠܳܟ ܡܳܪܝ ܘܠܰܐܒܘܽܟ ܘܰܠܪܘܽܚܳܟ ܐܰܡ݃ܝ݁ܢ܂܀