Und weil wir dies Land verbessern
, lieben und beschirmen wir’s
, und das Liebste mag’s uns scheinen
, so wie andern Völkern ihrs.

And since this is the land we’re working to improve, let us love and protect it, and may our land seem dearest to us — just as their own land seems dearest to other nations.

–Bertolt Brecht, Kinderhymne (1950)