Sol 6.1

  1. O master of overflowing literary art, congratulations

    On the rule and authority rightfully yours today.

  2. When people of goodness compete and race ahead,

    Then you are foremost among them in every field.

  3. Nor is ministerial office a gain for you to secure;

    Rather, it is a burden of peoples and homelands.

  4. Your allotted share arrived, true to its promised time,

    And you are the hope of equals and peers.

  5. And you chose the sphere of morals to reform,

    And in your hands is the tool of one who demolishes and builds.

  6. You excelled in your first work of promoting it,

    And today you excel in your second work within it.

  7. The due and duty of affection from my heart,

    I have fulfilled for you on behalf of my friends and brothers.

  8. May your tenure be an age of peace that you witness,

    So the suffering world may be safe from the wrongdoer,

  9. And may the bearer of grudges find relief from them,

    So none are seen between Saxons and Germans.

  10. And may peace embrace all the people of the earth,

    So no human being inflicts cruelty on another.

Sol 6.1