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Englische Ansage" (German for "English Announcement") is a one-person comedy sketch written by German humorist Loriot. It shows a continuity announcer who summarizes the plot of an English crime series, but fails because of the hard-to-pronounce names.
Writing in Der Spiegel, journalist George Diez wrote a column entitled "Ja, wir schaffen das" (English: "Yes, we can do it"). [9] Holocaust survivor Ruth Klüger called it a "simple and heroic slogan" while speaking at a commemoration marking the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism at the Bundestag . [ 10 ]
"Unter den Linden auf der Heide", illustration by Wilhelm von Kaulbach "Under der linden" is a well-known poem written by the medieval German lyric poet Walther von der Vogelweide. It is written in Middle High German. The song may have originally been sung to the surviving melody of an old French song, which matches the meter of the poem. [1]
Der Rosendorn (transl. The Rose Thorn) (sometimes Der weiße Rosendorn (transl. The White Rose Thorn)) is a thirteenth-century German poem. It tells of a virgin who is separated from her vagina, [note 1] and her dialogue with it forms the structure of the piece. They argue about what it is that men want in a woman: the woman claims that men ...
[3] [4] The melody is not inspired by Irish models but Pytlik's invention. [1] Set in F major and common time, it features many lively eighth-notes. Lines 3 and 4 are very similar to lines 1 and 2. The refrain begins differently in lines 5 and 6, but the repetition of the text (lines 7 and 8) is repeated to exactly the melody of 3 and 4. [3]
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the text in 1841 while on holiday on the North Sea island Heligoland, [4] then a possession of the United Kingdom (now part of Germany). Hoffmann von Fallersleben intended " Das Lied der Deutschen " to be sung to Haydn's tune; the first publication of the poem included the music.
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary is an English translation of the Qur'an by the British Indian Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953) during the British Raj.It has become among the most widely known English translations of the Qur'an, due in part to its prodigious use of footnotes, and its distribution and subsidization by Saudi Arabian beneficiaries during the late 20th century.