Die Heimat

Froh kehrt der Schiffer heim an den stillen [Strom]1
   Von fernen Inseln, wo er geerntet hat;
      Wohl [möcht' auch ich]2 zur Heimat wieder;
         Aber was hab' ich, wie Leid, geerntet? -
 
Ihr holden Ufer, die ihr mich aufgezogt,
   [Stillt ihr der Liebe Leiden?]3 ach! gebt ihr mir,
      Ihr Wälder meiner Kindheit, wann ich
         [Komme]4, die Ruhe noch Einmal wieder?

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Confirmed with Friedrich Hölderlin Sämtliche Gedichte und Hyperion, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1999, page 200

Authorship

• by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Die Heimat" [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Die Heimat", op. 61 no. 2, published 1963, from Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, no. 2. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die Heimat", 1943, from Hölderlin Fragmente, no. 4. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die Heimat", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 40. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "Die Heimat", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 (1915). [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Home", copyright ©
• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "Terra natal", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , title 1: "Le pays natal", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Home

 The boatman turns homeward on the mute river
 from distant islands, where he has been gathering his harvest;
 gladly would I also turn toward home now;
 but what have I gathered except sorrow?
 
 You lovely banks that brought me up,
 can you still love's grief? ah, can you give me,
 when I come to you woods of my childhood,
 can you give me that peace once again?

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Die Heimat" CAT FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Benjamin Britten, Hanns Eisler, Josef Matthias Hauer. Go to the text.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.