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Entry: Farewell, Dear Readers! Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/farewell_dear_readers#13130 Post contents: Lieber Herr Sarto, I'm going to try to translate your patriotic song, as best I can do, 25 years after I studied any German! (the tongue of most of my Mother's ancestors!) Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze Unsern Kaiser, unser Land! Mächtig durch des Glaubens Stütze Führt er uns mit weiser Hand! Laßt uns seiner Väter Krone Schirmen wider jeden Feind: Innig bleibt mit Habsburgs Throne Österreichs Geschick vereint. ...God beholds, and God looks after, Our temporal head of government, and our country! Our king/emperor powerfully leads us with his wisdom (his wise hand's guidance), And so, let us follow the leadership of the Hapsburg emperors, against our enemies!" (Which is very inconsistent with what most of the Ron Paul-bots would say! :-).... 2. Fromm und bieder, wahr und offen Laßt für Recht und Pflicht uns stehn; Laßt, wenns gilt, mit frohem Hoffen Mutvoll in den Kampf uns gehn! Eingedenk der Lorbeerreiser Die das Heer so oft sich wand: Gut und Blut für unsern Kaiser, Gut und Blut fürs Vaterland! ...in rough translation, something there about shedding Austrian/German bowels and blood for the German Fatherland - and, with all due respect, as a grandson of Britain I say, "TWO FINGERS TO THAT, but I respect the honourable enemies of my ancestral country, Great Britain!" 3. In Verbannung, fern den Landen Weilst Du, Hoffnung Österreichs. Otto, treu in festen Banden Steh’n zu Dir wir felsengleich. Dir, mein Kaiser, sei beschieden Alter Ruhm und neues Glück! Bring den Völkern endlich Frieden, Kehr zur Heimat bald zurück! ...This seems to be an Austrian WAR song of WW I. I honour the valour of all Austrian warriors who fought against MY British "kith and kin" in that stupid war. And so I say to FJ Sarto, as one warrior to another: "Peace be with you." And only real warriors, or their posterity, can understand what that means. Peace to you, and God bless you, FJ Sarto, Christian patriot of Austria. Sent at: 2008 11 23