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by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815)

Weit von meinem Vaterlande
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Weit von meinem Vaterlande
  Muß ich hier verschmachten und vergehn,
Ohne Trost, in Müh und Schande;
  Oh die weißen Männer! klug und schön!
Und ich hab' den Männern ohn' Erbarmen 
  Nichts gethan.
Du im Himmel! hilf mir armen 
  Schwarzen Mann!

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Confirmed with Matthias Claudius, Werke, erster Band, sechste Auflage, [no editor named], Hamburg: Friedrich Perthes, 1841, page 8. Appears in Sämmtliche Werke des Wandsbecker Bothen, Erster und Zweiter Theil, Wandsbeck, 1774.


Text Authorship:

  • by Matthias Claudius (1740 - 1815), "Der Schwarze in der Zuckerplantage" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

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