NEUOFFENBARUNGTo sing to the Lord in the heart after an enjoyed pleasure of life
1. Oh God, You Almighty, Holy, Most Loving Father! How gracious and how full of mercy are You, and good even to the wicked sinner.
2. In all the midst of the world's sinful hustle and bustle, You let us experience many a glorious joy, so that even the foolish sinner shall experience it and feel very deeply in the heart how good and how most loving You are.
3. But – where is that sinful taster of life's pleasures who, after enjoying life's pleasures, would duly offer a befitting praise to You Holy, You Most Loving Giver?
4. Oh people, oh people, how can you forget the Holy Giver in the midst of uplifting joys?
5. When noble and sublime, and loving you kindly, at your side walks a hospitable friend, a lively sister, full of grace and joy, when you rejoice in the lovely way and then refresh yourself at the hospitable table of the friend, and suck deeply, breathing in mighty draughts the flavoring love of the lovely sister into your blissful heart.
6. Listen brother! How is it possible that after so blissfully enjoying the joy of life, you can ever forget the most Holy, Friendliest Giver of such heavenly gifts?
7. Oh you dear brother, consider, consider that the meager earth does not offer such uplifting joys of life, but a most loving, most Holy Father even breathes them most kindly into our sinful hearts, and makes them capable for higher pleasures of life.
8. If you never are able to deny such things, if every fiber of life says it to you with joy and delight:
9. A God, an almighty, Holy Father, lets blow from all the stars, from all the luminous spaces, from all the suns and all the zones of the earth even friendly winds, in order to refresh you and to make capable for always only still higher joys your otherwise dull life, your rigid unbending heart.
10. Oh then fall down to the earth, and say in the heart: You Holy, Most Loving Father! You have now soaked me, a sinner, before You and the earth with heavenly joy.
11. With delight of the angels of heaven You have now filled my heart; all the stars of the heavens glowed in brighter light, the airs of the earth harmoniously blew around my cheerful face.
12. From the eyes of the lovely sister, You have let me, a very poor sinner, be looked upon so mildly and gently by her guardian spirit; how beams from the same so much an immortal spirit, full of the sweetest most blissful love.
13. And how really well have You, Holy Father, tuned the heart of a kind brother. How did he endeavor, imitating the angels of heaven, to serve me poor sinner with everything, with which he could only ever increase the joy of life for me.
14. Oh Father, all this and unnamable other things You have prepared for me, the sinner, so much and so blissfully.
15. So then, accept graciously from me, a poor sinner before You, my worthless gratitude before You for such glorious gifts, as something yet; and let me always praise and glorify You, Holy Father, You most loving Giver alone. Thanks be to you and the honor, glory and love of me poor sinner for this eternally. Amen.