1. O you of abundant courtesy, congratulations
On your right today to rule and sovereignty

2. If the people of virtue compete and race ahead
You are the first among them in every field

3. Ministry is not spoils you have attained
Rather, a burden for nations and homelands

4. Your lot came in a trustworthy promise
And you are hoped for by peers and mates

5. You have chosen the path of morals to repair
And in your hands the tool of demolition and building

6. You have done good first in its promotion
And today you do good in your second making

7. The right of affection from my heart and its duty
I have fulfilled it for you from my comrades and brothers

8. May your era be the era of peace it witnesses
So the suffering world rests from the oppressor

9. And finds relief from burdens borne
No longer seen between Saxon and German

10. And peace covers all people of earth
So no human tyrannizes another human