The press, which everybody praises nowadays,
Has a variety of effects on daily life. 
With it one prints the spirit of the times,
And also presses the spirit of the grapes. 
Thus, along with Gutenberg and Faust,
Let the discovery of such
An influential press be toasted!

The working of this press
Inspires both the typesetter and the printer,
They love the flow of wine more and more,
And are indeed valiant guzzlers!
Only they bitterly hate one dish -
Neither of them like it at all -
And that is "pie".

For the author, no more palatable wine
Flows from the presses!
He happily dines à la carte. 
Alas, the meal is often spoiled. 
Whenever something tastes and smells spicy,
The censor's black mark immediately strikes it!
That is as revolting as bad fish.

But only see the publisher!
He prints and presses the spirits!
And, never embarrassed, while he's at it,
He carouses and feasts like the best of them!
There is only one dish that he doesn't like -
He is of the opinion that it doesn't agree with him -
And that is the giant crabs.

Therefore all you printer colleagues
Who are aglow from the spirit’s light,
Call out loudly with the most joyful clinking of goblets:
Away with all laws of the press!
Away “pie”! away host of crabs!
No more aftertaste of dry old sticks
At the next festival of the printers!