Germany is
the Elbe near Cuxhaven
the green grass in the Allgäu
the Timmendorfer Strand
the red rock of Heligoland.
Germany is
Goethe's house in Weimar
the porcelain from Meißen
the fishermen from Schwerin
and the Ku-Damm in Berlin.
Germany is
Hermann Prey and Maffay
the Knef and Nina Hagen
the bars full of smoke
and love on the mountain pasture.
Black
like the coal in the district
like the lips of the girls here.
like that Wheat and beer
these are the colors
the colors of you.
Germany is
Heinrich Böll and Simmel
Lindenberg and Rühmann
and the old father Heuß
and the painter Josef Beuys.
Germany is
Bundesliga games
HSV and Bayern
Cologne and Werder Brem'
Naturist and not ashamed'.
Germany is
a shepherd on the heath
and horses on the pasture
and courage to look forward
and overcome crises.
Black
like the coal in the district
like the lips of the girls here.
like the wheat and the beer
these are the colors
the colors of you.
Germany is
In the people we love
In the way we are and live
There is a piece of you
We are all here in Germany.
Germany is
not just in paragraphs
be awake and not sleep
and what will happen to this country
that is entirely in our hands
that is entirely in our hands!