1. Neither wealth nor glory, luxury nor bliss
Can satisfy me if sincere companions I miss

2. Who lift me through love from the beast's lowliness
To the sublime heights of spiritual nobleness

3. Without me they suffer in cheerless distress
And my life without them is joy's emptiness

4. To free them I'd give myself with gladness
While they for my freedom would give their lives' blindness

5. O heart, if you gain such a priceless blessing
Then live in triumph or die while progressing