They all say you are not beautiful
They all say you are not beautiful is a song written by Johanna Ambrosius in 1884 that served as the East Prussian national anthem before it was replaced by Land of the Dark Forests (East Prussian Song ) by Herbert Brust .
Emergence
The text appeared in 1884 as the poem Mein Heimatland . The poet Johanna Ambrosius, who said of herself: “I didn't want to be anything other than a farm worker”, received both positive and negative reviews for her poem.
The poem was set to music by the teacher Karl Anton Guske. The song is also sung to the tune Am Strand dergrün Spree .
After Herbert Brust wrote the song Land of the Dark Forests , it quickly gained popularity and ousted. They all say you are not beautiful as the national anthem of East Prussia.
text
They all say, you are not beautiful,
my home country;
You don’t wear proud mountains, you don’t wear a
vine-green garment;
There is no rushing Aar in your air, no
palm tree greets you,
but the tears of prehistoric times shine clearly
on the edge of your coast.
And don't give the king any ore,
not purple, diamond,
the most loyal heart beats in you, for the
holy fatherland.
You deliver the horse for battle,
probably worth tons of gold,
and men, strong for the battle horse ,
the strong fist for the sword.
And when I dream often through
the gloomy fir night
and see the mighty oaks high up
in regal splendor,
when
the nightingale song resounds on the Memel beach and
the white seagull pulls
the distant dune sand
.
Then I feel so
excited that I can't tell,
I'm singing a song from the top of my chest,
happily striking the strings.
And do you only wear a simple garment
and no proud heights:
East Prussia high, my homeland,
how beautiful you are!
The second stanza in italics was omitted from almost all publications.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The author of the first East Prussian song. Retrieved March 10, 2017 .
- ↑ They all say you are not beautiful (East Prussia) | Folk songs archive. Retrieved March 10, 2017 .