They are on the steps of your altar

1. We kneel on the steps of your altar, weeping; The prayer of our loved ones who stayed home has come with us. ; ; 2. Bend over us, sorrowful virgin, shed your tears. ; Heal our wounds with the dew of your tears. ; ; 3. We open our hearts and souls before you, our good father. ; Do not hate us for our sins, look upon us with favor. ; ; 4. Pitying our sins, we ask for your protection, ; Show your maternal power to your holy son. ; ; 5. Tell us that you saw us, our mother, kneeling in tears, ; Coming to your altar amidst much suffering and sorrow. ; ; 6. We ask you with trusting faith, intercede with your holy son, ; For your people are already collapsing in body and soul. ; ; 7. Now too we ask for your pain, what you suffered for us, ; Our seven-sorrowed mother, save our weeping people. ; ; 8. Let our hearts burn with true faith, with peaceful love, ; Let all hearts ring together, in the name of your holy son.