For freedom is the German pleasure;
For freedom leads our German ranks.
For it to live, for it to perish,--
Each German bosom burns for this;
For this the hero-death to cherish,
Is German honour, German bliss.
The fourth--in solemn consecration,--
Hands, hearts aloft together go!
Thou ancient truth--and of our nation,
Thou faith, united--"live ye hoch!"