Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Good day! This is a piano instrumental version of the national anthem of East Germany, "Auferstanden aus Ruinen" (Risen from Ruins).

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The anthem was composed by Hanns Eisler (1898-1962), an Austrian composer who fought in a Hungarian regiment during the Great War. "Auferstanden aus Ruinen" was the national anthem of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic) from 1949 until 1990. When German reunification occurred, the East German anthem was relinquished and "Deutschlandlied" became the national anthem of unified Germany.

Lyrics:
I
Auferstanden aus Ruinen
und der Zukunft zugewandt,
laßt uns Dir zum Guten dienen,
Deutschland, einig Vaterland.
Alte Not gilt es zu zwingen,
und wir zwingen sie vereint,
denn es muß uns doch gelingen,
daß die Sonne schön wie nie
𝄆 Über Deutschland scheint. 𝄇

II
Glück und Friede sei beschieden
Deutschland, unserm Vaterland.
Alle Welt sehnt sich nach Frieden,
reicht den Völkern eure Hand.
Wenn wir brüderlich uns einen,
schlagen wir des Volkes Feind!
Laßt das Licht des Friedens scheinen,
daß nie eine Mutter mehr
𝄆 Ihren Sohn beweint. 𝄇

III
Laßt uns pflügen, laßt uns bauen,
lernt und schafft wie nie zuvor,
und der eignen Kraft vertrauend,
steigt ein frei Geschlecht empor.
Deutsche Jugend, bestes Streben,
unsres Volks in dir vereint,
wirst du Deutschlands neues Leben.
Und die Sonne schön wie nie
𝄆 Über Deutschland scheint. 𝄇


English Translation:
I
Risen from the ruins
and turned toward the future,
Let us serve you for the common good,
Germany, united Fatherland.
Our task is to overcome old distress,
and we shall overcome it together,
and we shall surely succeed,
so that the sun, more beautifully than ever before,
𝄆 Shines over Germany. 𝄇

II
May happiness and peace be granted
to Germany, our Fatherland.
The whole world longs for peace,
extend your hand to all peoples.
If we unite fraternally,
we will defeat the enemy of the People.
Let the light of peace shine,
so that a mother never again
𝄆 Mourns her son. 𝄇

III
Let us plough, let us build,
learn and achieve as never before,
That, trusting in our own strength,
a free generation shall arise.
German youth, the best striving
of our people united in you,
Will revitalise Germany
And the sun, more beautifully than ever before
𝄆 Shines over Germany. 𝄇

Music in this video was made using Logic Pro.