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Ostpreußenlied

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The Ostpreußenlied (Prussian: Prūsas Grīma / Prūsas Grēma, English: The East Prussian song, also known as Song of East Prussia or Land of Dark Forests) was considered the regional anthem of East Prussia.

Ostpreußenlied
Prūsas Grīma / Prūsas Grēma
English: Song of East Prussia

National anthem of East Prussia
LyricsHerbert Brust
MusicHerbert Brust
Adopted1930s
Relinquished1945

Origin[edit]

In the early 1930s, the composer from Königsberg (today Kaliningrad, Russia) Herbert Brust (born April 17, 1900, died June 26, 1968) composed the "Oratorium der Heimat" ("Oratory of the Fatherland"). The writer Erich Hannighofer added four stanzas to the final part of the text, and the resulting "Song of East Prussia" was met with great interest. It was later adopted and replaced the old anthem Mein Heimatland. The original manuscript of the score "Ostpreußenlied" is in the collection of the Stadt Königsberg Museum in Duisburg.

Lyrics[edit]

I. Land der dunklen Wälder
Und kristall'nen Seen,
über weite Felder
Lichte Wunder geh'n

2. Starke Bauern schreiten
Hinter Pferd und Pflug,
über Ackerbreiten
Streift der Vogelzug.

3. Und die Meere rauschen
Den choral der Zeit
Elche steh'n und lauschen
In Die Ewigkeit.

4. Tag ist aufgegangen
über Haff und Moor,
Licht hat angefangen,
Steigt im Ost empor.

1. Land of Somber forests
And crystal-clear lakes
Across wide-open plains
Vivid wonders occur.

2. Strong plowmen are striding
Behind steed and plow.
All across the farmland
The migratory birds fly.

3. And the Seas are roaring
The choral of time,
Elks stand and listen
Into eternity.

4. The day has broken,
Across lagoon and moor,
The light has risen
Rising in the east.

In the year 2000, it was translated into Prussian by Mikkels Klussis, and today there are two versions of the lyrics, with slight differences in letter usage:

1. Timran meddin tāuta
Eīskun azzaran
Kīrša plattun laūkan
Swāiksti Pāitaran.

2. Kīrša pelkins, teīnan
Austrā jāu etskīt
Tīt pagaūne dēinan
Skīstan swāikstan, tīt.

3. Treppa spārtai būrai,
Pas plūgan dei ēit,
Be en dāngu dūrai
Pippelka jāu skreīt.

4. Jūris tenna grīmuns
Iz deiwūtiskwan,
Braīdis enklausīwuns
Ēn prabūtiskwan.

1. Timran meddjan tāuta,
Eīskun azzaran -
Kīrsa plattun laūkan
Swāiksti pāitaran.

2.Kīrsa pelkins, teīnan
Āustra jāu etskīt -
Tēt pagaūnja dēinan
Skīstan swāikstan, tēt.
  
3. Treppa spārtai būrai,
Pas plūgan dei ēit
Be en dāngu dūrai
Pippelka jāu skrēit.

4. Jūris tenna grēmuns
Iz deiwūtiskan,
Braīdis enklausīwuns
Ēn Prābutiskan.


Links[edit]

Ostpreußenlied on YouTube

Prūsas Grīma on YouTube

References[edit]

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