National Anthems Lyrical summaries:
>UK: God save the current monarch (Love of Country)
>France: Our freedoms are being threatened, protect them. (Love of Country, Defense of Country)
>Spain: No lyrics.
>Italy: Our country must be united (Love of Country, Defense of Country)
>Poland:
>Germany: WE ARE SUPERIOR. PARTS OF FRANCE AND EASTERN EUROPE BELONG TO US. AGAIN, WE REPEAT, GERMANY IS SUPERIOR. (Placing country above all else in the world. Offensive suggestions versus other countries.)
Why?
Honestly, the Star-Spangled Banner fits the US disturbingly well, because it's basically "murica fuck yeah pew-pew-pew!!!"
>>1056931
>Ireland: FUCK YOU ENGLAND COME AND GET SOME YA WEE BASTARD I'LL FECKONG WRECK UR SHITE BOYO, IM FECKIN WAITING HERE LETS GO
>>1056931
>Canada
>English: Bland patriotism
>French: DIE FOR YOUR GOD AND YOUR COUNTRY
Why is the French version so much better?
>Latvia: Love for the land, country and people (God save the Tsar remix)
>>1056999
>Canada
rude
its not THAT bland.
>>1056931
To be fair, England's unofficial anthem is basically a more extreme version of Germany's:
>WIDER STILL AND WIDER, SHALL THY BOUNDS BE SET
>GOD WHO MADE THEE MIGHTY, MAKE THEE MIGHTIER YET
Even if it kinda rings hollow post-Empire.
>>1056999
because its the original and it was written only the french-Canadians had nationalist feelings toward Canada.
>>1057028
m8, I'm Canadian. I don't think its the worst, I just prefer the original French version.
>Sweden: Scandinavia is beautiful
The song is about Scandinavia in general and not specifically Sweden.
>>1056931
>>Poland:
"Poland has not died yet, So long as we still live"
>>1057060
>Poland Is Not Yet Lost
Couldn't you have gone for something a little more upbeat?
>>1057072
When Poland was partitioned between the three Empires, they literally wanted to eradicate it, while Pollaks went and fought in liberational wars all over the world, USA included, for the XP.
>Aruba: Our country is sweet. Life's good.
Seriously, the most upbeat national anthem there is
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Bekjf4O10
>>1056931
Seriously, Romanians, wake the fuck up from this retarded letargic state countless centuries of empires screwing you over have caused you(like really, remember how dick-ish the ottomans were?). Seriously, go prove how awesome you are.
Also, fuck Russia.
Freedom or death!
>>1057072
Lol no.
>>1056931
Are Sub-state anthems welcome too?
Because the Venetian Anthem > Italian One.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-_cVawIc7w
Hungary: Ok, God, seriously, we know we fucked up big time and were dicks in the past. C'mon, you've been sending misfortune over misfortune for the past centuries. We are really sorry, please stop.
>Dutch: Hey I am William and i'm a cool god fearing Christian who pities the Dutch, don't kill me plz
>>1056931
>Germany: WE ARE SUPERIOR. PARTS OF FRANCE AND EASTERN EUROPE BELONG TO US. AGAIN, WE REPEAT, GERMANY IS SUPERIOR. (Placing country above all else in the world. Offensive suggestions versus other countries.)
But this hasn't been the German anthem since Hitler
>>1056931
you retarded? the german anthem is nothing like you've described it
pro tip: they changed it after WW2
>>1057072
I have tried looking for an English translation of my favourite Polish patriotic song that we were taught back in school, but I couldn't find one.
So here's a crappy translation I have made right now:
>The rays of hope have gone out for us!
>Before the pale dawn shines upon us,
>Let us stand as a band of wraiths,
>And sate our thirst on the blood of our enemies.
>Let us scorn this wretched life,
>Thunder and lightning will play for us,
>And on the blood red sky,
>We will see the Angel of Death fly.
>Are we at fault that we cannot love?
>When all is so miserable and low,
>We who are dead for earthly pleasures,
>Should live for vengeance and celebrate her with knives.
>Or better let us discard the weapon,
>For each of us envies the blade,
>We crave to use our own teeth,
>To tear at flesh and bite to the bone.
>It is time to abandon complaints and regrets.
>For they burn our faces with shame.
>Is it not better to stir ourselves up with vengeance
>In the blood of Germans and Muscovite corpses?
>On the silent night we will raid the homes
>Where the content dream their silent dreams,
>We shall disturb their calm with our song,
>Let them wake and come with us.
>So now that the rays of hope have gone out for us,
>Before the pale dawn shines,
>Let us stand as a band of wraiths,
>And sate our thirst on the blood of our enemies.
>DDR: Let's rebuild Germany and shape the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTV92wqYjfA
I'm far from a gommie but it's my favorite national anthem. Why they didn't trash the BDR one in favor of this one I don't get.
>Somalia: Ayy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6wg_nfLTJ8
That's a very """""interesting""""" and """"""""special"""""""" interpretation of Deutschlandleid, OP.
By the way, "Deutschland über alles" = "(United) Germany > Dozens of autistic, quarreling statelets"
But I suspect you already knew that.
>>1057235
excellent German statelets > prussified bismarckstein's monster
>>1056931
The part of the german anthem that you describe was actually cut out after the Naziera
>>1057248
The Germans seem to disagree.
Seeing as how united Germany is an economic and scientific powerhouse, I think they might be onto something.
>>1057108
That's not the unofficial hymn, it's just a modern concept from independentist groups based on the actual unofficial hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB6U2He_-yE
That said, it's not bad at all, aside from the mixing up of dialects (either you do it all in aulic pavan or you use city venetian proper, come on) and this piece:
>ne da lustro ntel mondo la nostra onesta
>e la voja de far e de dare na man
>defendemo la paxe e la libarta
Which is lame as all fucks. Downright embarrasing.
>>1056938
America, The Beautiful is the superior song desu
>>1057197
>>And sate our thirst on the blood of our enemies.
>>1057096
Kek that sounds like the intro song to every 50s tv show.
>>1056931
The Dutch national anthem should be "Het Kankerjong"
USA: We kicked England's ass, and all we got were these stupid purple mountains.
>>1057060
>The glory and the freedom of Ukraine has not yet died
>>1058230
You got that from a drinking song?
>>1057197
Such is life in Eastern Europe.
>New Zealand has a glorious anthem
>"God Defend New Zealand"
>we continually get cucked by having to sing the native language version first
Mexican one
>Every son is a soldier if necessary.
>We all love our "patria" (homeland I think) so mucho
>Destiny of country written by God
>We are all willing to sacrifice our lives for "patria"
Fuck war anthems, I will decide when and if something is worth to give my life for
>>1056931
>not understanding the context of the German anthem
>>1058578
>Fuck war anthems, I will decide when and if something is worth to give my life for
>>1058578
Also just cause I want to share the commentary of a comedian of the flag.
Green due to the green of our fields
White because we are a Pacific nation
Red for the blood spilled by our heroes
And an eagle eating a snake alive because fuck you that's why
>>1058586
Pls no bully
>>1057197
>Polish patriotic song that we were taught back in school
>>The rays of hope have gone out
>>sate our thirst on the blood of our enemies.
>>live for vengeance and celebrate her with knives.
>>We will see the Angel of Death fly.
>>blood of Germans and Muscovite corpses
I swear Slavs are fucking mental.
>Argentina: LIBERTY GLORY LIBERTY
>>1057060
The song of the survivors who know it's only temporary
>>1058800
the survival or the country?
>>1058641
it's important to have kids understand what Poland is all about
>>1056931
1st the part you are referring to was taken out
2nd it is much more vague than you describe it, Germany Germany above all is a patriotic phrase like any other, not explicitely belittling other countries but trying to envoke sacrifice for your country
3. You are a goddamn retarded /his/ hipster with double standards, if you summarize Germany's anthem like this and ignore the fact, that France's anthem is all about watering your fields with the blood of your enemy and grinding your children into bone dust for la grande nation.
Thinly veiled Germany bash thread general, I guess.
君が代は
千代に八千代に
さざれ石の
いわおとなりて
こけのむすまで
A thousand years of happy life be thine!
Live on, my Lord, till what are pebbles now,
By age united, to great rocks shall grow,
Whose venerable sides the moss doth line.
>>1056931
Sometimes i wish EU goes well and does a Hyper-National anthem in a middle ground between PsyTrance-Symphonic - Byzantine(Eastern symphonic) and Drum and Bass.
>>1057197
could you link a youtube video of it? i'm curious how it sounds
>Portugal
Fuck Anglos, we was sailors n shiet, make Portugal great again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B5uifQ65VY
