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O chosen/Contented Pleisse town
Thy beauty/fortune grows and shines above all others,
Who falls and bides in love with thee
Will of thy region never tire
And cannot elsewhere have more pleasure.

Ye cities which of all the world
Are most renowned and most exquisite thought,
Come, haste ye here
And say, is Leipzig not
The sunshine's light
While others' pride like feeble starlight shines?

Athens of the charming Pleiss,
Just as diamonds last forever,
Even so will thy walled towers
E'er unshaken firmly stand,
Athens of the charming Pleiss,
Athens of the world-famed Pleiss,
Who hath heard thee, who thee names,
Who thee loveth, who thee knows
Will thy praise yet more exalt,
Athens of the world-famed Pleiss.

Not just on scholarship alone,
O Leipzig, must thy fortune rest.
My commerce, which I here
Have always nourished,
Creates for thee
The major part of all thy glory,
And thee, belove'd market place,
Will I as a most treasured prize
Within my spirit carry,
To all the world of thy repute proclaiming:

With laughing and joking,
With happy embracing,
I leave to my Leipzig an immortal fate.
I have in this place now my dwelling elected,
And e'en to the gods have I promised
Here gladly to stay.

Alto (Mercury): Thus it is sure,
Thy light will see no darkness fall.
Tenor (Apollo): This means, while those
Who at the helm are sitting
Through care and toil
This prosp'rous fortune are sustaining,
Alto (Mercury): That heav'n should crown their heads in turn
With an unbounded store of pleasure.
Tenor (Apollo): Thus, Leipzig, will thy happiness
Rise higher than it is already.

Alto (Mercury): Health and blessing
Bring you, precious throng, their service,
As a stream the fields attend.
Tenor (Apollo): And the pleasure which ye have
Would and will in springs be welling,
Milder than a stream is flowing.
Alto (Mercury), Tenor (Apollo):So bide now thy knowledge in flower/commerce with increase e'er blest,
For thus will the ages with honor be crowned.