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I'm homesick for my hills again - To see above the Severn plain Unscabbarded against the sky The blue high blade of Cotswold lie; The giant clouds go royally By jagged Malvern with a train Of shadows. Where the land is low Like a huge imprisoning O I hear a heart that's sound and high, I hear the heart within me cry: "I'm homesick for my hills again - Cotswold or Malvern, sun or rain! My hills again!"
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Text Authorship:
- by Frederick William Harvey (1888 - 1957), "In Flanders", first published 1915 [author's text not yet checked 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 Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "In Flanders", 1915-1917, published 1959, first performed c1917 [ voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) (Maria M. Schnepp) , "In Flandern (1915)", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 14
Word count: 76
Ich sehne mich erneut nach meinen Hügeln --
Zu sehn, wie über der Ebene des Severn
Sich Cotswold wie eine blankgezogne blaue Klinge
Gegen den Himmel abzeichnet;
Wo die gigantischen Wolken königlich
Über die gezackten Malvern hinziehen
Mit einem Schattenzug.
Wo das Land eben ist
Wie ein großes einsperrendes O,
Höre ich ein Herz, heil und hehr,
Höre ich mein Herz im Busen rufen:
„Ich sehne mich erneut nach meinen Hügeln--
Cotswold oder Malvern, Sonne oder Regen!
Nur meine Hügel wieder!“
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs and Maria M. Schnepp, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Frederick William Harvey (1888 - 1957), "In Flanders", first published 1915
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Word count: 81