Here are the lyrics in English translation:
- The flag on high! The ranks tightly closed!
- The SA march with quiet, steady step.
- Comrades shot by the Red Front and reactionaries
- March in spirit within our ranks.
- Clear the streets for the brown battalions,
- Clear the streets for the stormtrooper!
- Millions are looking upon the swastika full of hope,
- The day of freedom and of bread dawns!
- For the last time, the call to arms is sounded!
- For the fight, we all stand prepared!
- Soon Hitler's banners will fly over all streets.
- The time of bondage will last but a little while now!
- The flag on high! The ranks tightly closed!
- The SA march with quiet, steady step.
- Comrades shot by the Red Front and reactionaries
- March in spirit within our ranks.
The lyrics were written in 1929 by Horst Wessel, commander of the SA in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin. Wessel was murdered by Albert Hoehter, a Communist party member, in February 1930, and Joseph Goebbels made him a martyr of the Nazi movement. The song was first performed at Wessel's funeral, and was thereafter extensively used at party functions as well as being sung by the SA during street parades.
When Adolf Hitler became chancellor three years later, the Horst-Wessel-Lied was recognised as a national symbol by a law on May 19, 1933. The following year a regulation required the right arm raised in a "Hitler salute" when the (identical) first and fourth verses were sung.
Nazi leaders can be seen singing the Horst-Wessel Lied at
the finale of Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 film Triumph of the Will.
With the end of the Nazi regime in May 1945, the Horst-Wessel-Lied was banned, and the lyrics and tune are now illegal in Germany and Austria except for educational purposes. In early 2011, this resulted in an investigation against Amazon and Apple for selling the song to German users.[2]"Deutschland, Deutschland über alles" (literally, "Germany, Germany above all") is Germany's national anthem, but this has never been its title. Wikipedia shares the following:
| Deutschlandlied | |
|---|---|
| German lyrics | Approximate English translation |
| First stanza | |
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
Über alles in der Welt, Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze Brüderlich zusammenhält. Von der Maas bis an die Memel, Von der Etsch bis an den Belt, |: Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt! :| | |
| Second stanza | |
Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang Sollen in der Welt behalten Ihren alten schönen Klang, Uns zu edler Tat begeistern Unser ganzes Leben lang. |: Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue, Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang! :| |
German women, German loyalty,
German wine and German song Shall retain in the world Their old beautiful chime And inspire us to noble deeds During all of our life. |: German women, German loyalty, German wine and German song! :| |
| Third stanza (Germany's current National Anthem) | |
Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Für das deutsche Vaterland! Danach lasst uns alle streben Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand! Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Sind des Glückes Unterpfand; |: Blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes, Blühe, deutsches Vaterland! :| |
Unity and justice and freedom
For the German fatherland! For these let us all strive Brotherly with heart and hand! Unity and justice and freedom Are the pledge of fortune; |: Flourish in this fortune's blessing, Flourish, German fatherland! :| |
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