Calon Lân [English translation]

I don't ask for a luxurious life,

For the world's gold, nor its dainty pearls:

What I ask is for a happy heart,

An honest heart, a pure heart.

[Chorus:]

A pure heart, full of goodness

Is fairer than the lily fine:

Only a pure heart can sing

Sing by day and sing by night.

Were I to wish for wordly riches,

They bear only a short harvest;

The riches of a pure, virtuous heart,

Will bring everlasting gain.

[Chorus:]

A pure heart, full of goodness

Is fairer than the lily fine:

Only a pure heart can sing

Sing by day and sing by night.

Evening and morning my wish

Rises to heaven on wings of song

That God might, for my Saviour's sake,

Give me a pure heart.

[Chorus:]

A pure heart, full of goodness

Is fairer than the lily fine:

Only a pure heart can sing

Sing by day and sing by night.