What words, what speech

What words, what speech,

Can tell the joy of those who know our God?

Their life is lived

Not for themselves, but for the need of men:

In others' service

They suffer arduous adversity:

Mercy towards all that lives —

This is their spiritual substance:

They give no second thought

To what may benefit themselves:

Their bliss they find in others' bliss alone:

And all unknowingly

They hand to other men the draught immortal.