Ein stolzes Schiff [English translation]

A lonely tallship goes stately through the ocean

Our german brothers it shall take away

The flag it waves, the big white sails are swelling

They're gone for good, in America to stay

I see them standing at the railing

Throwing one last glance back as they are sailing

At their homeland, the fatherland of green

See, they sail into the vast blue sea serene

They're gliding by upon the blueish breakers

Why have they left their farms and homes at hand

They have been robbed by the stags and by the takers

For hunger drove them from the fatherland

See them go, oh ye oppressors

See them go, all ye transgressors

Look ye on, your best farmhands all flee

Watch them disappear into the mighty sea

They sail away, who dares to raise the question

Why did they have to leave the fatherland

Oh poor Germania, stand and watch the procession

All your poor brothers, to exile they are banned

On what they here could only ponder

They are seeking now to find yonder

And better grounds than the german lands they crave

And in the new world they will find their grave