Editing Deutschlandlied (section)

== Lyrics ==
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[[August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben]] wrote the text in 1841 while on holiday on the North Sea island [[Heligoland]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Rüger |first=Jan |title=Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea |year=2017 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKyuDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=New York |isbn=9780199672462}}</ref> then a possession of the United Kingdom (now part of Germany).

Hoffmann von Fallersleben intended "{{lang|de|Das Lied der Deutschen|italic=no}}" to be sung to Haydn's tune; the first publication of the poem included the music. The first line, "{{lang|de|Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, über alles in der Welt|italic=no}}" ('Germany, Germany above all, above all in the world'), was an appeal to the various German monarchs to give the creation of a united Germany a higher priority than the independence of their small states. In the third stanza, with a call for "{{lang|de|Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit|italic=no}}" (unity and justice and freedom), Hoffmann expressed his desire for a united and free Germany where the rule of law, not arbitrary monarchy, would prevail.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bundestag.de/blickpunkt/103_Parlament/0502/0502014.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906081233/http://www.bundestag.de/blickpunkt/103_Parlament/0502/0502014.html |archive-date=6 September 2011 |title=Staatssymbole Zeichen politischer Gemeinschaft |first=Nadja |last=Bareth |work=[[Bundestag|Blickpunt Bundestag]] |date=February 2005 |access-date=1 December 2009 |language=de}}</ref>

In the era after the [[Congress of Vienna]], influenced by Metternich and his secret police, Hoffmann's text had a distinctly revolutionary and at the same time liberal connotation, since the appeal for a united Germany was most often made in connection with demands for freedom of the press and other civil rights. Its implication that loyalty to a larger Germany should replace loyalty to one's local sovereign was then a revolutionary idea.

The year after he wrote "Das Deutschlandlied", Hoffmann lost his job as a librarian and professor in Breslau, Prussia (now [[Wrocław]], Poland) because of this and other revolutionary works, and was forced into hiding until he was pardoned following the revolutions of 1848 in the German states.

Only the third stanza, in bold, is used as the modern German national anthem.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bleiker |first=Carla |date=6 September 2023 |title=The German national anthem and its pitfalls |url=https://www.dw.com/en/the-german-national-anthem-and-its-pitfalls/a-40102655 |access-date=21 February 2025 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref>

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!German original
!IPA transcription{{efn|See [[Help:IPA/German]] and [[German phonology]].}}
!English translation
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|<poem lang="de">Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
Über alles in der Welt,
Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze
Brüderlich zusammenhält.
Von der Maas bis an die Memel,
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt,
{{Music repeat|Deutschland, Deutschland über alles,
Über alles in der Welt!}}

Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang
Sollen in der Welt behalten
Ihren alten schönen Klang,
Uns zu edler Tat begeistern
Unser ganzes Leben lang –
{{Music repeat|Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang!}}

'''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'''
'''Für das deutsche Vaterland!'''
'''Danach laßt uns alle streben'''
'''Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!'''
'''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'''
'''Sind des Glückes Unterpfand –'''
'''{{Music repeat|Blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes,'''
'''Blühe, deutsches Vaterland!}}'''</poem>
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[ˈˀyː.bɐ ˈˀa.ləs ˀɪn dɛɐ ˈvɛlt ‖]
[vɛn ˀɛs ˈʃtɛt͡s t͡sʊ ˈʃuːt͡s ˀʊnt ˈtʁʊ.t͡sə {{pipe}}]
[ˈbʁyː.dɐ.lɪç t͡sʊ.ˈza.mən.ˌhɛːlt ‖]
[fɔn dɛɐ ˈmaːs bɪs ˀan diː ˈmeː.məl {{pipe}}]
[fɔn dɛɐ ˈˀɛt͡ʃ bɪs ˀan dɛn ˈbɛlt ‖]
𝄆 [ˈdɔʏt͡ʃ.lant ˈdɔʏt͡ʃ.lant ˈˀyː.bɐ ˈˀa.ləs {{pipe}}]
[ˈˀyː.bɐ ˈˀa.ləs ˀɪn dɛɐ ˈvɛlt ‖] 𝄇

[ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃə ˈfʁaʊ.ən ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃə ˈtʁɔʏ.ə {{pipe}}]
[ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃɐ vaɪn ˀʊnt ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃɐ zaŋ ‖]
[ˈzɔ.lən ˀɪn dɛɐ ˈvɛlt bə.ˈhal.tn̩ {{pipe}}]
[ˈˀiːɐ.ʁən ˈˀal.tn̩ ˈʃøː.nəŋ klaŋ ‖]
[ˀʊns t͡sʊ ˈˀɛd.lɐ tat bə.ˈɡaɪ.stɐn {{pipe}}]
[ˈˀʊn.zɐ ˈɡan.t͡səs ˈleː.bən laŋ ‖]
𝄆 [ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃə ˈfʁaʊ.ən ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃə ˈtʁɔʏ.ə {{pipe}}]
[ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃɐ vaɪn ˀʊnt ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃɐ zaŋ ‖] 𝄇

'''[ˈˀaɪ.nɪç.kaɪt ˀʊnt ˈʁɛçt ˀʊnt ˈfʁaɪ.haɪt {{pipe}}]'''
'''[ˈfyːɐ das ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃə ˈfaː.tɐˌlant ‖]'''
'''[da.ˈnaːx last ˀʊns ˈˀa.lə ˈʃtʁeː.bən {{pipe}}]'''
'''[ˈbʁyː.dɐ̯.lɪç mɪt ˈhɛɐt͡s ˀʊnt ˈhant ‖]'''
'''[ˈˀaɪ.nɪç.kaɪt ˀʊnt ˈʁɛçt ˀʊnt ˈfʁaɪ.haɪt {{pipe}}]'''
'''[zɪnt dɛs ˈglʏ.kəs ˈˀʊn.tɐ.p͡fant ‖]'''
'''𝄆 [ˈblyː ˀɪm ˈglan.t͡sə ˈdiː.zəs ˈglʏ.kəs {{pipe}}]'''
'''[ˈblyː.ə ˈdɔʏ.t͡ʃəs ˈfaː.tɐˌ.lant ‖] 𝄇'''</poem>
|<poem>Germany, Germany above all,
Above all in the world,
When it always stands united
Brotherly in protection and defence.
From the [[Meuse]] to the [[Neman]],
From the [[Adige]] to the [[Little Belt]],
𝄆 Germany, Germany above all,
Above all in the world! 𝄇

German women, German loyalty,
German wine and German song
Shall retain in the world
Their old, beautiful sound,
Inspiring us to noble deeds
Throughout our entire lives –
𝄆 German women, German loyalty,
German wine and German song! 𝄇

'''Unity and justice and freedom'''
'''For the German fatherland!'''
'''Let us strive for this together,'''
'''Brotherly with heart and hand!'''
'''Unity and justice and freedom'''
'''Are the foundation of happiness –'''
'''𝄆 Bloom in the radiance of this happiness,'''
'''Bloom, German fatherland! 𝄇'''</poem>
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