A new New Year has come,
Has come upon us all,
A new New Year has come,
Has come again once more.

What have we to show,
This visiting guest,
Who knows who we are,
Before we know him?

His brothers have come,
And gone before him,
And told him of stories,
To make known to him,
His obligations and ours.

What have we to show,
This visiting guest,
Who knows who we are,
Before we know him?

We greet him and promise,
Promise great things,
As we did to his brothers,
Brothers who now have left.

What have we to show,
This visiting guest,
Who knows who we are,
Before we know him?

A new New Year has come,
Has come upon us all,
A new New Year has come,
Has come again once more.

What can we to show,
To this omniscient thing?