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by Otto Inkermann (1823 - 1862), as C. O. Sternau

An die Heimat
 (Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)
 Matches base text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Heimat!
Wunderbar tönendes Wort!
Wie auf befiederten Schwingen
Ziehst du mein Herz zu dir fort,
Jubelnd, als müßt' ich den Gruß
Jeglicher Seele dir bringen,
Trag' ich zu dir meinen Fuß,
Freundliche Heimat!

Heimat!
Bei dem sanftklingenden Ton
Wecken mich alte Gesänge,
Die in der Ferne mich flohn;
Rufen mir freudenvoll zu
Heimatlich lockende Klänge:
Du nur allein bist die Ruh',
Schützende Heimat!

Heimat!
Gib mir den Frieden zurück,
Den ich im Weiten verloren,
Gib mir dein blühendes Glück!
Unter den Bäumen am Bach,
Wo ich vor Zeiten geboren,
Gib mir ein schützendes Dach,
Liebende Heimat!

Composition:

    Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "An die Heimat", op. 64 (Drei Quartette) no. 1 (1864), published 1875 [ satb quartet and piano ], Leipzig, Peters

Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Inkermann (1823 - 1862), as C. O. Sternau

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan het vaderland", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the homeland", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À la patrie", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 96

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