| Freuet euch, ihr lebenden | Celebrate, you living |
| Freuet euch, ihr lebenden, | Celebrate, you living, |
| Liebenden Vereines, | living together, |
| Freut euch freudegebenden | celebrate, you, |
| Himmelssonnenscheines! | the sky's sunshine! |
| Und die euch erworbenen, | And the ones you earned, |
| Die man euch entrissen, | that were taken from you, |
| Euere gestorbenen | your deceased, |
| Sollet ihr nicht missen. | you shouldn't miss. |
| Haltet die entrissenen | The taken stop |
| In des Lebens Kreisen, | in the circle of life - |
| Liebend, ihr beflissenen | living, you are eager |
| Ewig sie zu preisen. | eternally to praise them. |
| Also mit Lebendigem | So with living |
| Muß sich Todtes gatten, | must the dead bind, |
| Schön, wie mit nothwendigem | beautifully, as with necessary |
| Wechsel Licht und Schatten. | change in light and shadow. |
| Schön ists, wenn durch sonnige | Beautiful it is, when through sunny |
| Fluren Schatten schweben, | corridors shadows sweep, |
| In des Maies sonnige | and through the sunshine of may |
| Glänze Schauer weben. | showers weave. |