Song for the Birthday Celebration ofthe much loved Queen Mother Caroline

Accept what warm gratitude dedicates to you;

It comes from a deeply moved breast,

Which your grace has made deeply happy,

I was gladdened in your presence.

I was hardly aware of myself

Before the high image of your goodness.

How happy is he who in your presence

Suns himself in the beam of your majesty,

A witness how, from your height,

You spread the blessing of your good deeds,

No poor person leaves you without being comforted.

You part from him always as a protecting deity.

O high mother of all arts,

The protectress of knowledge,

You grant ennoblement to gain.

I can only gratefully praise you at all times,

I can implore heaven, o Queen,

Heaven which, in you, is promised us already here.