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Von der Weser Bis zur Elbe (Lower Saxony)
Von der Weser bis zur Elbe,
von dem Harz bis an das Meer
stehen Niedersachsens Söhne:
eine feste Burg und Wehr.
Fest wie uns´re Eichen
halten allezeit wir stand
wenn Stürme brausen
über´s deutsche Vaterland.
Wir sind die Niedersachsen,
sturmfest und erdverwachsen,
heil Herzog Widukind's Stamm !
Wo fielen die römischen Schergen ?
Wo versank die welsche Brut ?
In Niedersachsens Bergen,
an Niedersachsens Wut.
Wer warf den römischen Adler
nieder in den Sand ?
Wer hielt die Freiheit hoch
im deutschen Vaterland ?
Das war´n die Niedersachsen,
sturmfest und erdverwachsen,
heil Herzog Widukind's Stamm !
Auf blühend roter Heide
starben einst viel tausend Mann,
für Niedersachsentreu
traf sie des Franken Bann.
Vieltausend Brüder fielen
von des Henkers Hand,
vieltausend Brüder
für ihr Niedersachsenland !
So war´n die Niedersachsen,
sturmfest und erdverwachsen,
heil Herzog Widukind's Stamm !
Aus der Väter Blut und Wunden
wächst der Söhne Heldenmut,
Niedersachsen soll´s bekunden:
für die Freiheit Gut und Blut !
Fest wie unsere Eichen halten allezeit wir stand,
wenn Stürme brausen über´s deutsche Vaterland.
So sind die Niedersachsen,
sturmfest und erdverwachsen,
heil Herzog Widukind's Stamm !
Submitted by SaintMark on 2016-09-24
Translation
From Weser to the Elbe river
From Weser to the Elbe river (1)
From Harz (2) all the way to the sea
Lower Saxony's sons are standing
A mighty fortress and defense
Sturdy like our oak trees
They last all through the ages
When storms are roaring
Across the german Fatherland
We are the Lower Saxons
Stormproof and down to earth
Hail Duke Widukind's tribe !
Where fell the roman minions ?
Whence died the roman mob ?
In the hills of lower saxony
By the Lower Saxon's ire
Who threw the roman eagle
Down into the sand ?
Who upheald freedom
In the german Fatherland ?
Well it was the lower Saxons
Stormproof and down to earth
Hail Duke Widukind's tribe !
On red flowering heath
Once died many thousand men
For Lower Saxon's faithfulness
Overtaken by the frankish spell
Many thousand brothers fell
By the butcher's hand
Many thousand brothers
for their Lower Saxon land
Such were the Lower Saxons
Stormproof and down to earth
Hail duke Widukind's tribe !
From their father's blood and scars
Grows the sons's valour
Lower Saxony shall thus tell
For Freedom, Goods and Blood
Sturdy like our oak trees, we always stand our ground
When storms are raging 'cross the german Fatherland
Such are the Lower Saxons
Stormproof and down to earth
Hail duke Widukind's tribe !
Thanks! ❤ | ||
Submitted by SaintMark on 2016-09-25
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