Een Nieuw Begin [English translation]

In a distant past, a people fought

Brothers divided amongst themselves

Once as one, forever torn

Old order would fall

Bond of blood severed by the sword

Division ruled by fate

Hate and envy, fratricide

When the tribe divides in two

Then our people rises

From the ashes of the bond of brothers

Unity lost

Batavians born

Where the sun sinks, where the Rhine disappears

Beyond the horizon lies the land where fate leads us

Driven from our land, one in blood and strife

Downstream we journey, a new beginning awaits us there.