Talk:De Vlaamse Leeuw

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Checked translation (two verses remain to be translated into English). -- Picapica 15:44, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More than an anthem?

Isn't the Vlaamse Leeuw more than an anthem, and perhaps even a form of national personification. It is often used in cartoons/advertising/sport evenements/etc. to characterise the Flemish people. Even more, isn't the Vlaamse Leeuw also the Flemish flag? Sijo Ripa 15:00, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

• I'm uncertain what 'more then an anthem' means, but the personification which appears in a cartoon cannot be sound, that's rather the at face value synonymous De Leeuw van Vlaanderen, national epos and its historical title hero; of course both refer to the heraldic lion in the countship's far older coat of arms, a form of which has beena dopted as flag by the modern region within Belgium Fastifex 05:45, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nikolaus Beckers

"...who was clearly inspired by Sie sollen ihn nicht haben, den freien Deutchen Rhein, So Lang sich Herzen haben, An seinem Feuerwein. by the German author Nikolaus Beckers" <-- I don't know this song and neither I know Nikolaus Beckers, but, someone should proof if it doesn't means "So lang sich Herzen Laben, an seinem Feuerwein", this would clearly make more sense (sorry my bad English, btw.) --85.2.183.150 19:05, 19 September 2006 (UTC)