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Bin durch die Alpen gezogen, Wo die Lawine rollt, Sah, wie in Meereswogen Tauchte der Sonne Gold. Aber freudig ich tauschte Alpen und Meeresstrand Für das Tannen-durchrauschte Nordische Heimatland. Schlösser sah ich und Thürme, Schimmernd und marmorweiss; Dunkeler Pinien Schirme Wiegten im Wind sich leis, Aber schöner und besser -- Lacht mich immerhin aus -- Als die Marmorschlösser Dünkt mich mein Vaterhaus. Mägdlein durfte ich kosen, Schlank und liliengleich, Frauen wie volle Rosen, Üppig und anmuthreich; Lilie aber und Rose Werden von der besiegt, Die mich als Knaben im Schose In den Schlaf gewiegt.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Rudolf Baumbach, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Leipzig: Verlag von A. G. Liebeskind, 1882, pages 84-85.
Text Authorship:
- by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Heim", appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen [author's text checked 2 times 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 August Grosse-Weischede (1849 - 1928), "Heim", op. 9 no. 2, published 1890 [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Drei Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen von Baumbach für Männerchor, no. 2, Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Hasse , "Heim", op. 3 ([Acht] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugène Jámbor (1853 - 1914), "Heim", op. 26 no. 3, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen von Rud. Baumbach, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Heim", op. 53 (Zehn Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: A. Deneke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernhard Seiffert , "Bin durch die Alpen gezogen", 1895 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max von Weinzierl (1841 - 1898), "Heim", op. 106 no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen von R. Baumbach, no. 1, Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Weiss (1814 - 1898), "Heim", op. 114 ([Zwölf] Lieder und Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, J. Weiss [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-12-04
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Word count: 92
I travelled through the Alps Where the avalanches roll; I saw how the gold of the sun Descended into the ocean waves. But gladly would I exchange The Alps and ocean shore For the land suffused with soughing of pines, My Nordic homeland. I saw castles and turrets, Shimmering and marble-white; Dark pine canopies Swayed quietly in the wind, But more beautiful and better -- Laugh at me if you please -- Than the marble castles Is my parental home. I exchanged caresses with maidens Slender and lily-like, With women like full-blown roses, Voluptuous and full of charms; But the lily and the rose Are trumped by her Who, when I was lad, Rocked me to sleep in her lap.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Bin durch die Alpen gezogen" = "I travelled through the Alps"
"Heim" = "Home"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Heim", appears in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
This text was added to the website: 2020-09-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 118