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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¹ Purgstall: "schaurigen traurigen"; further changes may exist not noted.

Text 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 [
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• 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 [
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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

Researcher for this page: Virginia Knight

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