Die Vaterstadt, wie find ich sie doch? Folgend den Bomberschwärmen Komm ich nach Haus. Wo denn liegt sie? Wo die ungeheueren Gebirge von Rauch stehn. Das in den Feuern dort Ist sie. Die Vaterstadt, wie empfängt sie mich wohl? Vor mir kommen die Bomber. Tödliche Schwärme Melden euch meine Rückkehr. Feuersbrünste Gehen dem Sohn voraus.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Die Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht in einem Band, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1981 (Neunte Auflage 1997), page 858
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), "Rückkehr" [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die Heimkehr", 1943, from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 45 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Steuermann (1892 - 1964), "Die Rückkehr", 1945, from Brecht-Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
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