Homeland | Oh homeland, we all belong to you

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by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Heimat

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O Heimat, wir sind alle dein,
Wie weit und fremd wir gehen!
Du hast uns schon im Kinderschlaf 
Ins Blut hineingesehen.

Kein Weg ist, den wir heimlich nicht 
Nach einem Heimweg fragen.
Wer ganz verlaufen, 
Wird im Traum zu dir zurückgetragen.

Confirmed with Hans Heinrich Ehrler, Gedichte, Stuttgart: Verlag Strecker und Schröder, 1919, page 6.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Heimat", appears in Gedichte, in 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 Julius Gessinger (1899 - 1986), "Heimat", op. 44 no. 1, published 1965, first performed 1942 [ baritone and piano ], from Kleiner Liederkreis, no. 1, Schwäbisch-Hall: Musikverlag Schwäbisch-Hall [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Homeland", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-09-15
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Homeland

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh homeland, we all belong to you,
No matter how far away or into what strange lands we go!
Already in our childhood sleep
You have gazed into our blood.

There is no pathway that we do not secretly
Ask if it is the way home.
Those who have gone utterly astray
Are carried back to you in their dreams.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872 - 1951), "Heimat", appears in Gedichte, in Heimat
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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-16
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Word count: 60