Die heldensage vom heiligen ewald (fc-köln hymne)

In recent years it was hell for us,
in Hamburg, Munich, Bremen, Frankfurt am Main,
people laughed at us: You're from Cologne,
FC is just a carnival club.

Our Cologne hearts were almost broken,
they said everywhere you people from Cologne are so bad,
and we only quietly disagreed,
because the worst part was: the people were right.

The Cologne team played like complete idiots,
they couldn't even kick a ball straight,
worse than the women's team of SV Meppen,
and we didn't dare to leave Cologne anymore.

We always kept a spark of hope,
thinking it couldn't get any worse,
but the next Saturday it got even worse,
even drinking Kölsch suddenly became difficult.

All around the desert, of province and amateurism,
there is no more hope, bottle empty.

After the first leg against Cottbus,
they thought the coach had to go.
In Berlin against TeBe,
it hurts so much.
Chemnitz already playing pretty weak,
Cologne still gets beaten.
Then at home against Mainz,
zero to one.
Cologne plays against Oberhausen,
the FC fans are horrified.
Just before the end zero to two,
Oh my.
Kickers Stuttgart not playing well,
Cologne gets thrashed.
Cologne plays against Greuther Fürth,
Greuther is leading.
And the fans are in shock,
even the billy goat doesn't feel like it.
No one can take this anymore,
who will get us out of here?

The Lord, upon our pleading and begging,
sent us a brave East Westphalian,
in a blue shirt and with many little notes,
the fate of Cologne lay solely in his hands.
He taught the art of football, which had been forgotten here,
showed his men in training,
they first hit the ball and then the crossbar,
and after a few weeks even the goal.
He taught all Cologne what we didn't know,
humility and diligence and strict discipline,
a real miracle came true, the players ran,
together to the promised land.
And then came the five to three against Hannover,
and the coach drank a Kölsch, maybe two,
Jan Hofer announced on the news,
FC is back at the top.

One saved us from suffering - Ewald Lienen
and slavery - Ewald Lienen
FC was dead - Ewald Lienen
the savior in need came - Ewald Lienen
leads us to the promised land - Ewald Lienen
that the fathers once knew - Ewald Lienen
born in a blue shirt - Ewald Lienen
chosen as our savior - Ewald Lienen
until we stand tall again - Ewald Lienen
do not let him go - Ewald Lienen
and now DSF weeps - FC Cologne
because we were the ratings leader - FC Cologne
but make one thing clear - FC Cologne
Gladbach will stay another year - FC Cologne
Ottmar Hitzfeld and the rest - FC Cologne
hold on to your leather pants - FC Cologne
and the number one on the Rhine - FC Cologne
will not be Leverkusen - FC Cologne
after two years of hell - FC Cologne
we are back as the top choice - FC Cologne.