Amerike di Prekhtike (America the Beautiful)
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Katherine Lee Beyts (in English)
English Lyrics
O, prekhtike, mit himlen breyt,
Mit zangen vi burshtin;
Mit shtoltse purpur-berg tsezeyt
Af felder frukhper-grin;
Amerike, Amerike,
Gots khesed kroynt dayn shtam,
Shpreyt guts un kraft fun brudershaft
Fun yam biz heln yam!
O, prekhtike, vu pilgrim hot
Bagaystert umgeshpant,
Far frayhayt-glik gekemft zaynt trot
In vistenish fun landt!
Amerike, Amerike,
Vash op, Got, yeydn flek,
Neshome-dayn zol hersher zayn,
Un frayhayt-rekht -- dayn veg!
O, Prekhtike, s'klingt maysedik
Far undz dayn frayhayt-shlakht!
Di bravkayt dint dem mentshns glik,
Far mentsh zikh umgebrakht!
Amerike, Amerike,
O, Got, dayn goldt makh reyn!
Tsum glik-derfolg zol herlekh folk
Durkh mentshlekhkayt dergeyn
O, prekhtike, vu kemfer zet
Zayn tsukunft-troym tsehelt,
Vi s'blanken tsikhtik dayne shtet
Fun troyer nit farshtelt.
Amerike, Amerike,
Gots khesed kroynt dayn shtam,
Shpreyt guts un kraft fun brudershaft
Fun yam biz heln yam!
Translation
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain
majesties,
Above the fruited plain.
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with
brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.
O beautiful for pilgrim
feet,
Whose stern impassion'd
stress,
A thorough-fare for freedom
beat,
Across the wilderness.
America! America!
God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self
control,
Thy liberty in law.
O beautiful for heroes
prov'd,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country
lov'd,
And mercy more than life.
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be
nobleness,
And ev'ry gain divine.
O beautiful for patriot
dream,
That sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities
gleam,
Undimmed by human tears,
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
Andd crown thy good with
brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.
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Added September 12th, 1999