Wie nun alle Herzen schlagen in erhobenem Verein, soll in Taten und in Sagen "Eidestreu" das Höchste sein. Freudvoll sollen Meister siegen, Siegesfest Olympia! Freude sei noch im Erliegen, Friedensfest: Olympia. Freudvoll sollen Meister siegen, Siegesfest Olympia! Olympia! Olympia! Olympia! Peoples! Be our people's guests, come in through the open gate! Peace to the festivities! Let honor be the motto of the contest. Youth wants to show hot courage, Olympic games! Praising your glory in deeds, a pure goal: the Olympics. Pride and prosperity of many countries came forward to fight hard; All the fire which burns there, pulses together, high and free. Strength and spirit approaches with trepidation. Sacrifice Olympia! Who can wear your laurels, fame's sound, Olympia? Now as hearts beating with lofty union, Vigor should be the highest in deeds and in legends. Joyfully will champions win, in Olympic victory celebration! Joy is still ours in a realm of peace: the Olympics. Joyful even in defeat, Olympic victory celebration! Olympia! Olympia! Olympia! The version above is the one sung at the opening ceremonies and differs in one word from Lubahn's original submission. Lubahn's word "Rechtsgewalt" (force of law) in the last of the three stanzas was replaced (over Lubahn's objection) with the word "Eidestreu" (bound by oath) by Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels who found Lubahn's usage ambiguous and possibly democratic. Composition of the Olympische Hymne was completed by Strauss on December 22, 1934. The principal music theme was derived from a major symphony Strauss planned but never finished. Strauss wrote disparagingly of the work to his librettist Stefan Zweig: "I am whiling away the boredom of the advent season by composing an Olympic Hymn for the plebs—I of all people, who hate and despise sports. Well, idleness is the root of all evil." The composer originally demanded 10,000 Reichsmark for the commission, but agreed to waive the fee altogether following negotiations with Lewald. During the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the composer invited members of the IOC executive board to hear the work sung by an opera star from Munich.