Take wing, you German eagle!
Toward the sun, take wing!
The night has completely passed,
A new day dawns.
The night and the bats
Have departed, they know not how.
Oh Germans, look to the future
And never look back to the past!

Now come together, brothers!
Forget what once caused a rift between you!
And even if you were not traditionally comrades,
Become comrades in the noblest battle!
There is lightening in the east and the west,
There is thunder in the north and the south;
Now reveal, people, whether within your hearts
The right and befitting thought is glowing!

Do not let the Danes mock you!
Chase away the Cossacks with force!
Above all else, along the German Rhine,
Oh German people, keep watch!
They want to clip your wings.
Oh do not tolerate that, German eagle!
Remember the times, when once
The world was under your dominion!

Become, finally, a nation of brothers!
Turn the words you spoke into deeds!
And do not concern yourself at all with diplomats
And their moldering advice!
Let the bats flutter
To Russia and even farther away!
The sun is rising in Frankfort.
Declare yourself there, people, to have come of age!