Advance Australia Fair.

Advance Australia Fair.
Australians all let us rejoice1,
For we are young and free,
We've golden soil2 and wealth for toil3;
Our home is girt4 by sea;
Our land abounds5 in nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare,
In history's page, let every stage
Advance6 Australia Fair7.
In joyful strains8 then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
Beneath our radiant9 Southern Cross
We'll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned10 of all the lands;
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless11 plains12 to share:
With courage let us all combine
To Advance Australia Fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia Fair.
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to rejoice: glücklich sein, frohlocken
soil: Grund, Boden, Erde
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toil: Mühe
4
to gird, girt (girded), girt (girded): einfassen, gürten
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to abound (in): reichlich vorhanden sein, (sich) hervortun, strotzen
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to advance: voranschreiten
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fair: aufrecht, redlich
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strain: Druck, Anspannung
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radiant: glänzend, strahlend
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renowned: berühmt, reich an Ansehen, renommiert
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boundless: grenzenlos, endlos
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plain: Ebene, Flachland
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