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Ob ihr auch schmäht und scheltet, Ich höre nicht danach hin, Der Klang einer andern Stimme Liegt mir immer im Sinn. Sollt ihr mich heut noch jagen Wie ein Bettelkind hinaus, Lachend werd' ich und glücklich Schreiten aus eurem Haus. Eine Thüre weiß ich, die wird mir Allezeit offen stehn, Zwei Augen, die mir immer Wartend entgegensehn. Einen Mund, der jeden Morgen Wie zum Willkomm mich küßt, Ein Herz, das heut und immer Meine Heimat ist.
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Confirmed with Agnes Miegel, Gedichte, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1901, page 23.
Text Authorship:
- by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "Meine 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 Paul Caro (1859 - 1914), "Meine Heimat", op. 37 (Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Wien & Leipzig: Adolf Robitscheck [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My homeland", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 76
Though you may taunt and rebuke, I do not listen to it, The sound of a different voice Is always in my mind. Though today you may yet chase Me out like a beggar-child, Laughing and happy I shall Stride from your house. I know of a door that shall Be open for me at all times, Two eyes that [shall] always Look toward me in waiting. A mouth that every morning Kisses me as in welcome, A heart that today and ever Is my homeland.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "Meine Heimat"
This text was added to the website: 2024-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 86