With joy my heart is leaping

With joy my heart is leaping,

This glance is bright distraction,

For dreams of bliss I'm sleeping,

Dull soul and thought away.

Beside thee best beloved

I taste a gleam of blessing!

So holy it has proved,

That heav'n on earth can stay!

There's song and dance surrounding

The goblet overflowing,

No music else is sounding

Save touch of lip and glass

With nothing then remaining,

But mirthfulness and pleasure,

One endless joy maintaining,

Let ev'ry moment pass, yes,

Let ev'ry moment pass away

The air is more than balmy

With thy divinest breathing,

No days have pass'd so palmy

As those devoted to thee.

Let life be one long carol

Of thy best praise, my treasure!

Let heart wear no apparrel sic

Save extacy of glee!