Lyrics for Feuersprunge in English

Against class struggle and materialism  
For the people’s community and an idealistic way of life  
I hand over to the flame the works of Marx and Kautzky 

Against decadence and moral decay  
For discipline and decency in family and nation 
I hand over to the flame the works of Heinrich Mann, Ernst Gläser, and Erich Kästner 

Against opportunism and political treason 
For devotion to the people and the nation  
I hand over to the flame the works of Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster. 

Against soul-shattering emphasis on sexuality 
For the nobility of the human soul  
I hand over to the flame the works of Sigmund Freud 

Against the distortion of our history and the disparagement of our notables  
For respect for our past  
I hand over to the flame the works of Emil Ludwig and Werner Hegemann 

Against democratic-Jewish journalism that is alien to the people  
For responsible participation in the building of the nation  
I hand over to the flame the works of Theodor Wolff and Georg Bernhard 

Against literary treason against the soldiers of the world war  
For education of the people in the spirit of the readiness to fight  
I hand over to the flame the works of Erich Maria Remarque 

Against the conceited ruining of the German language  
For the cultivation of the most precious good of the nation  
I hand over to the flame the works of Alfred Kerr 

Against impudence and arrogance  
For respect and reverence for the eternal German spirit  
I hand over to the flame the works of Tucholsky and Ossietzky 

(Translation of Die Feuersprüche as published on May 13, 1933, in the German newspaper Badische Presse [The Baden Press].)