《ecce gratum》的歌詞如下：
Oh wretched wretch that I am
Whose sins have deserved death
Whose body forth tomorrow
Must be cast into the grave
But why so heavy now?
So great a burden I have
'Tis the thoughts of death and hell
Which here I should not have
Oh 'tis something to be here
Whose days on earth have been so gay
Yet since my troubles in the sky
Since I heard my dear father say
Oh wretched wretch that I am
The poor man in his will
'Tis said I'm to be pitied
And therefore, as a favour, let me be a-bleeding.
Chorus:
Ecce gratum est mori, ecce gratum dies.
Let me go to my father in the skies,
To him who has done me this great good.
O blessed be the hour, O blessed be the day.
Oh blessed be the hour and blessed be the day
That hath released me from my sin and flesh.
For though my flesh be weary of pain and sickness, yet it's past, and henceforth all things here are very pleasant.
Chorus: Ecce gratus dies, Ecce gratus est mori.
Oh 'tis sweet to die and leave the world, and to depart,
To rest from labours here below, to come to thee my father dear.
Chorus: Ecce gratus dies, ecce gratus est et gratus.
Now when my body's here below, to sleep a long time is but pleasant, for after that there is nothing to be here, no sin nor pleasure, no more sighing nor tears, no more waking nor sleeping, for we then are in bliss eternal. Chorus: Ecce gratus est et gratus, O saints of God and Father eternal.