1 Gladden the yearning righteous, O thou Most Youthful: bring them, O Lord of Seasons, knowing seasons,

With all the priests of heaven. Best worshipper art thou of all invokers.

2 Thine is the herald's, thine the cleanser's office, thinker art thou, wealth-giver, true to Order.

Let us with devotion make our offerings, and, worthy Lord, pay the righteous worship.

3 To the pathway of the righteous have we travelled, ready to execute what work we may accomplish.

Let the Knowing One complete the worship. He is the Priest: let him fix rites and seasons.

4 When we most ignorant neglect the statutes of you, O servants with whom is knowledge,

The Wise shall correct our faults and failings, skilled to assign each its fitting season.

5 When, weak in mind, of feeble understanding, mortals bethink them not of worshipping,

Then shall the prudent and discerning One be worshipped, best worshipper, in season.

6 Because the Father hath produced thee, Leader of all our solemn rites, their brilliant banner:

So win by worship pleasant homes abounding in heroes, and rich food to nourish all men.

7 Thou whom the Heaven and Earth, thou whom the Waters, and the Maker of fair things, created,

Well knowing, all along the pathway of the forebears, shine with resplendent light, enkindled.