Do ye, O Lord of Prayer, invest for royal sway this man with that wherewith the angels invested the Light-giver.

2 Invest this king for long life, invest him for great princely power, that I may lead him on to old age, that he may watch his princedom long.

3 Invest this king for long life, invest him for great hearing power, that I may lead him on to old age, that he may watch over hearing long.

4 For us, surround him, cover him with splendour, give him long life, and death when age removes him. This garment hath the Lord of Prayer presented to the king, to wrap about him.

5 Advance to good old age: endue the mantle. Be thou our heifers' guard from imprecation. Live thou a hundred full and plenteous autumns, and wrap thee in prosperity of riches.

6 Thou for weal hast clothed thee in this garment: thou hast become our cows' sure guard from curses. Live thou a hundred full and plenteous autumns: thou living, fair thyself, shalt deal forth treasures.

7 In every need, in every fray we call, as friends, to succour us, God the Mightiest of all.

8 Gold-coloured, undecaying, blest with heroes, dwell, dying in old age, with children round thee. This is the spoken word of the Radiant, the Provider, the Lord of Prayer, the Light-giver, and the Mighty.