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An die Heimat lieb und traut Ist des Herzens Glück gebaut. Fröhlich in die fernste Weite Wandert uns ihr Bild zur Seite, Doch der Sehnsucht Stimme spricht: In der Heimat bin ich nicht! In der Heimat lieb und traut War des Herzens Freude laut. Nach der Kindheit gold'nen Tagen Laßt Erinnerung froh uns tragen, Wenn uns Gram und Sorge quält, In der Heimat stille Welt. Nach der Heimat lieb und traut Oft das feuchte Auge schaut, Wenn die Abendwolken ziehen, Und die Sterne fern erglühen, Wenn uns mahnet die Natur An der Heimat grüne Flur. In der Heimat lieb und traut Wünsch' ich mir ein Haus gebaut; Unter wenig heim'scher Erden Soll's mit mir begraben werden, Wenn verhallend einst mein Lied In die Heimat aufwärts zieht.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Leonhard Widmer, Herausgegeben von einigen Freunden, Zürich: Druck von Zürcher und Furrer, 1869, pages 4-5.
Text Authorship:
- by Leonhard Widmer (1808 - 1868), "Sehnsucht nach der Heimat", appears in Gedichte, in Naturgefühl [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 Wilhelm Sturm (1842 - 1922), "Sehnsucht nach der Heimat", op. 27 no. 4, published 1880 [ ttbb chorus ], from Liederkreis. Zehn Gesänge für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 9, Biel: Kuhn [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yearning for my homeland", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 127
Upon my homeland, dear and familiar, The happiness of my heart is founded. Joyfully out into the farthest distance Its image wanders at our side, But the voice of yearning speaks: I am not in my homeland! In my homeland, dear and familiar, The joy of my heart was boisterous. After the golden days of childhood, Let us, when we are plagued by sorrow and anxiety, Happily bear Memory Into the quiet world of our homeland. Toward my homeland, dear and familiar, My tear-wet eyes often gaze When the evening clouds scud And the stars come aglow in the distance, When Nature reminds us Of the green meadows of home. In my homeland, dear and familiar, I wish a house to be built for me; Under a bit of homeland soil It shall be buried with me, When someday my song, dying away, Shall travel upward to my [eternal] home.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Leonhard Widmer (1808 - 1868), "Sehnsucht nach der Heimat", appears in Gedichte, in Naturgefühl
This text was added to the website: 2026-03-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 151