Barren are the hands of the one who is unseeing, br While mighty is the brain br And mighty are the hands of the one whose heart br Is in tears and filled with pity for all, br Who is hopeful in sadness and joy, br Grateful in good fortune and misfortune, br Obliged in favors or evil dispensation. br And, bare indeed are hands of the one br With indifferent headwork and imagination. br br Say, say my friend a prayer br That is answered each time br Pray, pray my helper br For love that is greater in time br Mourn over the smallest failing or crime. br br How bare are the hearts of the unseeing; br Their lips are troublesome weight br Their hearts weight heavily br And their suffering a wasteful lot br And even their joy a burden and load. br They expose sham success or happiness br While untold harm was perpetrated br Through their pursuit of fake victory and gladness. br How empty are the heads of the eyeless... br And barren the hands of the pitiless. br br Say, say a prayer br That is answered each time br Pray, pray my helper br For love that is purer each time br For each failing or crime br For it is answered in time. br br For blessed indeed are the lips br That absolve you of your failing and crime. br Blessed are the lips that br Pronounce life-giving death each time. br Blessed indeed br Are the hands filled br With kindhearted deeds, br Blessed are the God's chosen priests. br br Say, say a prayer br That is answered in time br Pray, pray my helper br For love that is greater in time br Pray for life-giving death br For smallest failing or crime, br For this prayer is answered each time.br br Dorothy Kardas, Psy.D. Th.D.