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From the ruins risen newly,
To the future turned, we
stand.
Let us serve your good weal truly,
Germany, our
fatherland.
Triumph over bygone sorrow,
Can unity be
won?
For we shall attain a morrow,
When over our
Germany,
there is the shining sun, there is the
shining
sun!
May both peace and joy inspire,
Germany, our
fatherland.
Peace is all the world’s desire,
To the peoples
lend your hand.
In fraternity united,
We shall crush the
people’s foe.
Let all paths by peace be lighted,
That no
mother shall again
mourn her son in woe, mourn her son
in
woe!
Let us plow and build our nation,
Learn and work as never
yet,
That a free new generation,
Faith in its own strength
begets!
German youth, for whom the striving
Of our people is
at one,
You are Germany’s reviving,
And over our
Germany,
There is the shining sun, there is the
shining
sun!
Source: Hanns Eisler and Johannes Becker, “Auferstanden aus Ruinen,”
1949. Available online
at: http://ddrlexikon.de/auferstanden_aus_ruinen.mp3
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