En Wij Stappen Stevig Voort [English translation]

When heathlands dress in purple

And the birch forest extends her peaceful coolness to us

We will walk through the Gelderse* forests

Enjoying her infinite beauty

When then the powerful oaks let their leaves fall

A chilling mist crowns the dark forests

Then we will walk over Veluwse* fields

Where star splendor shows us our paths

When then the cold and frost makes the heathlands crackle

And winterice forms in our beards

Then we will walk through the Gelderse forests

Where a freezing wind besieges life

But then the sun shall make the ice disappear again

And graceful birches carry young-sprouted green

Then we will walk over Veluwse fields

Where the earth and life discard the icy cold