Een Nieuw Begin [English translation]

In a distant past, a people fought

Brothers divided among each other

Once torn apart

Old order would perish

Tie of blood cut through by the sword

Separation determined by faith

Hate and envy, strife between brothers

When the tribe splits itself in two

Then rises our people

From the ashes of the brother's ties

Unity lost

Batavi born

There where the sun sinks, there where the Rhine disappears

Beyond the horizon lies the land where our fate leads us

Driven from our land in blood and striving for

Downstream we travel, there awaits us a new beginning