Leed of the Crossknights in the East
2Original leed(song) by @dr.ludwig
Tune: Palästinalied by Walter von der Vogelweide
Translation from German to English by Me!
Singer: Me!
Lyrics:
We are the Knights from the Dutchen(German) Order,
Fought fiercely in the far Holy Land.
But soon our God called us North,
Where a new destiny was bound.
In the Baltic, there to the Sea,
Draws our Battlehardened Herr(Army),
For our God’s Word and Honor.
High Castles of Stone and Brick
We toiled in the heath and in the moor,
Where Hermann von Salza with his seal.
Never lost to the Godless Heathens,
Prussians, Lithuanians, wild Hordes,
Are for us Christians a danger;
Win will the mighty Dutchen(German) Eagle.
Rich Cities and fuller fields
Made by Dutchen(German) settlers am Vistula River
But the savages wanted themselves,
Robbed now the Knight’s Throne.
They united to form a Greater Force,
Went into Position overnight,
To lead the stridet(Battle) of Tannenberg.
Knights in fuller armor
We stride(Fight) with Shield and Sword.
And the bloody decision fell,
Well on foot and riding Horseback.
Through double Overcraft(Overpower) banned(united)
Were Dutchens(Germans) now overran.
And our Glory banned
But we were not an Ende,(Not at an end)
By the Marienburg we held
Shamefully diminished in this strange land
Our day came One Hundred Years later:
As Brandenburg banned with Prussia
In Königsberg on Pregelstrand
A Kingdom with new Honor stood