Young men and women, strong and sound, br Adorn with beautiful excess br Of play and song and flower-dress br Our fatherland's ancestral ground. br They dream great deeds of ages older, br They long to lead to battles bolder. br br Young men and women, strong and sound, br Our nation's honor are, in whom br Our whole life has its better bloom, br Rebirth upon our fathers' ground br Of them of yore. Anew there flower br The old in young folks' summer-power. br br Young men and women, strong and sound, br Can doubly do our deeds and fill br With higher hope for all we will,- br Are growth in character's deep ground, br To larger life drawn by the spirit br They from our forefathers inherit.