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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)

O wüßt ich doch den Weg zurück
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
O wüßt ich doch den Weg zurück,
Den lieben Weg zum Kinderland!
O warum sucht' ich nach dem Glück
Und ließ der Mutter Hand?

O wie mich sehnet auszuruhn,
Von keinem Streben aufgeweckt,
Die müden Augen zuzutun,
Von Liebe sanft bedeckt!

Und nichts zu forschen, nichts zu spähn,
Und nur zu träumen leicht und lind;
Der Zeiten Wandel nicht zu sehn,
Zum zweiten Mal ein Kind!

O zeig mir doch den Weg zurück,
Den lieben Weg zum Kinderland!
Vergebens such ich nach dem Glück,
Ringsum ist öder Strand!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Heimweh II", appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, Hamburg, first published 1854 [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Zum Kinderland", op. 83 no. 1, published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], from Herbstklänge. Acht Gesänge für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Heimweh II", op. 63 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 8 (1874), published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alfred Rittershaus (1863 - 1929), "O wüsst' ich doch den Weg zurück", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Gottfried Weiss (1820 - 1897), "O wüsst' ich doch den Weg zurück", op. 15 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Heimwee II", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2019
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mal du pays II", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nostalgia II", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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