by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860)
Wo weilt er?
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wo weilt er? Im [kalten, im schaurigen]1 Land. Wo ruht er? Am Meere, auf steinigem Strand. Was treibt er? Er haschet das fliehende Glück. Was denkt er? Er sehnt sich zur Heimat zurück. O grüßt ihn, ihr Wolken, im schaurigen Land! O kühlt ihn, ihr Lüftchen, am steinigen Strand! O kränz' ihn, du falsches, treuloses Glück! Ich ruf ihn: O kehre zur Heimat zurück!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Purgstall: "schaurigen traurigen"; further changes may exist not noted.
Authorship:
- by Ludwig Rellstab (1799 - 1860), "Heimat" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Wo weilt er?", S. 295 (1844), published 1860 [voice and piano], Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt [text verified 1 time]
- by Wenzeslaus Rafael Gottfried, Graf von Purgstall (1798 - 1817), "Wo weilt er? im schaurigen traurigen Land", published 1821, Wien: A. Strauß ; appeared in Denkmal auf das Grab des beyden letzten Grafen von Purgstall. Gesetzt von ihrem Freunde Joseph von Hammer [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Jelena Jermolajeva) , title 1: "Где он?", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Homeland", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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