MY LOVELY AUSTRIA

MY LOVELY AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA AUSTRIA TERRA PARVA EST

OHH HOW LOVELY YOU ARE

WITH YOUR GREEN FORESTS

CUTE ANIMALS RESIDING THERE

HOW LOVELY LAKES YOU HAVE

WITH THE SWOONS SWIMMING  THERE

ALPS RUNNING THROUGH WITH ALL

LINES ON YOUR BEAUTIFUL  TERRAIN

THE LINES OF THIS POEM RUNS ALSO

THEY CAN NEVER FIT INTO

ONE SIMPLE  SENTENCE TOO

AUSTRIA AUSTRIA TERRA PARVA EST

HOW LOVELY YOU ARE

WITH YOUR LOVELY PEOPLE!

HOW CLEVER AND KIND

CANNOT BE COMPARABLE TO

ANYWHERE I HAVE BEEN TO.

YOU AUSTRIA LONG LIVE

WITH YOUR RED WHITE FLAG

MAY GOD PROTECT YOU FOREVER

WITH ALL YOUR LOVELY PEOPLE AND GLORY

HANS, THOMAS, PETER,ANNA, URSULA;

AND ALSO JOSEPH, KARL, BARBARA, KLAUS;

HOW LOVELY NAMES THESE ARE,

TAKING IT FROM YOUR GRACE!

AUSTRIA AUSTRIA TERRA PARVA EST.

SMALL  IN SIZE BUT BIG IN HEARTS.

                                                                                Jack.