Long shall these walls
Be witness to our work,
And, that it may endure forever,
Concord consecrates them today.
Let us share every burden
With the full weight of love,
Then we shall worthily receive here
True light from the east.
To attain this benefit
Begin the work joyfully,
And he, too, who has begun already,
Let him begin afresh today.
If we have completely attuned
Our hearts and words
To virtue in this place
Oh, then envy is silenced,
And the wish that crowns our hope
Completely fulfilled.
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart