Lieb' Vaterland [English translation]

Dear homeland, after evil hours

You have found a new way out the dark depth

I love you, that is, I like you

Like a graceful, a little tired old man

I can not love with a warm heart

You have still remained short on too many things

Liberty, that you equally promised to everyone

Can only be enjoided by chosen ones

Dear homeland, you may be quiet

The big ones fence woods and shores

And children are playing at the roadside

Dear homeland

Dear homeland, what shall I thank you for?

For insurance company's palaces or banks?

And for the barracks, for our expensive army?

When a thounsand schools are missing

A thousand teachers and still more!

Group corporations are allowed to develep exorbitantly

The weak and old ones stand in the dark

You miss millions for hospitals

But our casinos seem to be worthwhile

Dear homeland, you may be quiet

The big ones fence their prosperity

The poor ones wait with empty hands

Dear homeland

Dear homeland, what shall I praise you for?

One day, an old man will be on the scrap heap,

When he still wants to work: you will fire him

But even geriatrics are not too old for the board of directors

The old beards are sweeping a lot again

But you find that young beards are extremely suspicious

The old yesterday is vehemently summoned

The new tomorrow, your youth gets lost

Dear homeland, you may be quiet

Don't fall asleep on your laurels

The youth is waiting for your hand

Dear homeland

Dear homeland, you may be quiet

Don't fall asleep on your laurels

The youth is waiting for your hand

Dear homeland

• Artist:Udo Jürgens