Brethren, dedicate your hearts and hands

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by J. Kübler

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Brüder, weihet Herz und Hand

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Brüder, weihet Herz und Hand 
Freudig gern dem Vaterland!
Tausend Herzen, tausend Flammen
Lodern liebevoll zusammen,
Glüh'n, ein einz'ger Opferbrand,
Dir, geliebtes Vaterland!

  Ewig lod're, heil'ge Glut,
In der freien Männer Blut!
Mögen auch in Todesschmerzen
Brechen viele glüh'nde Herzen;
Wo ein heilig Licht verglüht,
Stets ein neues Herz erblüht.

  Diese Glut in unsrer Brust 
Ist der Schweizer höchste Lust, 
Schirmt des Vaterlandes Rechte, 
Haltet fern Tyrannenmächte, 
Stählt der Männer tapfres Schwert, 
Macht der heil'gen Freiheit werth!

  Darum, Brüder, Herz und Hand,
Weihet sie dem Vaterland!
Tausend Herzen, tausend Flammen
Lodern liebevoll zusammen,
Glüh'n, ein einz'ger Opferbrand,
Dir, geliebtes Vaterland!

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Confirmed with Alpenröschen: Schweizerisches Taschen-Liederbuch, Sechste, vermehrte Auflage, Bern: J. Heuberger's Verlag, 1895, pages 17-18.

Text Authorship:

by J. Kübler , "Weihegesang" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Word count: 108

Brethren, dedicate your hearts and hands

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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  Brethren, dedicate your hearts and hands
Joyfully, gladly to your homeland!
A thousand hearts, a thousand flames
Flare up lovingly together,
Glow as a single sacrificial fire
For you, beloved homeland!

  Blaze ever, holy glow,
In the blood of free men!
Though in the pains of death
May break many a glowing heart,
There where a holy light is extinguished
A new heart ever blossoms.

  This glow in our breast
Is the loftiest joy of the Swiss.
Protect the rights of the homeland,
Keep tyrannical powers far away,
Steel men's courageous swords,
Make them worthy of holy freedom!

  Therefore, brethren, hearts and hands,
Dedicate them to your homeland!
A thousand hearts, a thousand flames
Flare up lovingly together,
Glow as a single sacrificial fire
For you, beloved homeland!

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Translations of titles:
"Weihegesang" = "Song of dedication"
"Weihgesang" = "Song of dedication"

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