The German once has only one verse, though the original song has three... the first stanza got raped by the Nazis, so it is no longer envogue. Also it is not really nice to tell the dutch or the polish, that their territory belongs to Germany. Even if the writer of the song had a different Germany in mind when he wrote this - it was a statement against the Kleinstaaterei, a political situation in the Holy Roman Empire, that is so special that the English doesn't know a word for it - it means roughly: Smallstateism. The second is not politically correct, because it is about women and whine. Not really a verse for the political animals. But politicians have never really understood, what the German national anthem actually is meant to be.
It is no song for being sung at school in the morning, or for celebrating that the German Army bombed a few Talibans. It is also not suitable for any serious political event, where you should formally show your love of your country. It isn't such a song. It is meant for being sung in a happy atmosphere, together with your friends and one or two tubs of beer. It is a drinking song. That we showed our colors during the 2006 world cup and sung the anthem in public by thousands, was no sign of special German patriotism. We just had the right moment and the right mood for singing a popular drinking song. That is also a toast on our country... in a pretty shirt-sleeve way. Or didn't somebody notice yet that the German national anthem doesn't mention war at all? Not even in the first stanza. War is a party killer.
Of course, I have a tiny advantage in terms of knowing the national anthem. My birthplace is also the birthplace of the author of the German national anthem, and we have a tiny museum here. Which also reminds that about 99% of all known traditional German children songs (he had written 550 in his life) had actually been written by him, and that the anthem was published together with a series of political songs, the precursor of the political cabaret...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffmann_von_Fallersleben