1 May the Sovereign Mighty One come to our gathering, He who by holy Law is strong and active, the overcomer of all conquering forces, with His great bull-like power that has no limit.

2 Firm-seated is Thy throne, Thy servants are docile; Thy hand, O King, holds firmly the thunder. On Thy fair path, O Lord of men, come quickly: we will increase Thy praise when Thou hast accepted our offering.

3 Let strong and mighty ones who bear glory to God, the Lord of men, whose arm wields thunder, bring unto us, as sharers of our banquet, the Bull of conquering might, of real vigour.

4 So like a bull Thou rushest to the Lord who loves the trough, the Sage, the prop of vigour, in the vat. Prepare Thine energies, collect them in Thyself: be for our profit as the Master of the wise.

5 May precious treasures come to us, so will I pray; come to the votary's gift offered with beauteous praise. Thou art the Lord; as such, sit on this holy grass: Thy vessels are inviolate as Law commands.

6 Far went our earliest invocations of God, and won us glories that can never be surpassed. They who could not ascend the ship of sacrifice sink down in desolation, trembling with alarm.

7 So be the others, evil-hearted, far away, whose horses difficult to harness have been yoked. Here in advance men stand anear to offer gifts, by whom full many a work that brings reward is done.

8 He firmly fixed the plains and mountains as they shook; the heaven thundered forth and made the air's mid-region quake. He stays apart the two confronting bowls; he sings praises in the joy of the offering when he has received it.

9 I bear this deftly-fashioned goad of Thine wherewith Thou, O Bountiful One, shalt break the strikers with the hoof. At the offering mayst Thou be well satisfied. Accept the gift, accept the banquet, Bounteous Lord.

10 O Much-invoked, may we subdue all famine and evil want with store of grain and cattle. May we, allied, as first in rank, with princes, obtain possessions by our own exertions.

11 O Lord of Prayer, protect us from the rear, and from above, and from below, from sinners! May God from the front and from the centre, as friend to friends, vouchsafe us room and freedom.