1 We worship the Wise Lord, the holy Lord of the order of worship; and we honour the Gatha Ahunavaiti with its measures, and word-structure, and its commentary, with its questions and counter-questions, with its words and its metric feet. And we honour these as well-recited, and now in the course of being recited, as well-worshipped, and now in the course of being used in worship. 2. Yea, we honour it in its own wisdom, in its own clearness, in its own moving intention, in its sovereignty, and its own order of worship, and its acquired boon, which is also that given by the Wise Lord for the promotion of piety, for that thought which originates from the heart-devoted self.

3 Also we honour the Ahuna-vairya, the holy lord of the order of worship, the holy lord with its Lord and its master, for He is the one with the title of Lord and master, who is the Wise Lord. 4. And we honour the constituent parts of the Gatha Ahunavaiti, its chapters, and its metrical lines, its words, and word-structure, and its heard recital, and memorised recital, its continuous and its steadfast offering.