YOU WERE THE LABOR OF MY LOVE, CHILD,  

YOU WERE THE LABOR OF MY HEART;  

WITH ALL MY STRENGTH I PRAYED, TILL THEY CARRIED YOU AWAY,  

YOU WERE THE LABOR OF MY HEART.  

MY SOUL HAS BEEN BLESSED TO EXPERIENCE THE PAIN  

OF BRINGING YOU INTO THIS WORLD,  SO THAT YOU COULD LIVE;  

THOUGH I COULD NOT KEEP YOU NEAR, STILL I LABORED IN MY TEARS,  

THROUGH THE LONG LONELY NIGHT, WISHING YOU COULD STAY.   

BLESSED BE THE GOD WHO HELPS THE ONE IN PAIN,  

AND BLESSED BE THE ONE TO WHOM THIS CHILD THAT HE GAVE;  

I PRAY YOU'LL LOVE MY CHILD, RAISE HIM STRONG TO BE A MAN,  

WHILE I AWAIT THAT DAY IN HEAVEN WHEN WE MEET AGAIN.  

BUT IF BY CHANCE WE MEET BEFORE AND YOUR WELCOME I BEHOLD,  

THEN MAY GOD BLESS THIS UNION, AND HEAL THE PAIN WE BORE;  

FOR YOU WERE THE LABOR OF HEART, 

CHILD YOU WERE THE LABOR OF MY LOVE.