It is a passionate defense of Prussian Lithuanian (Lietuvininkai) language and culture, rallying people to resist Germanisation attempts.
[1] However, at the same time the poem proclaimed love and loyalty to the Kaiser signifying that the rally was cultural and not political.
[1] It was inspired by Enlightenment ideas that archaic languages and traditions of minorities should be cherished, studied, and preserved.
[2] The poem was set to music in 1908 by the composer Stasys Šimkus and became the unofficial anthem of Lithuania Minor.
[3] Although it did not become the national anthem of the country, its popularity continued as a patriotic song which often could be heard during the Singing Revolution.