by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm
Kein Haus, keine Heimat See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Kein Haus, keine Heimat,
Kein Weib und kein Kind,
So wirbl' ich, ein Strohhalm,
In Wetter und Wind!
Well' auf und Well' nieder,
Bald dort und bald hier;
Welt, fragst du nach mir nicht,
Was frag' ich nach dir?
Composition:
- Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Kein Haus, keine Heimat", op. 94 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme -- für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1884), published 1884, stanzas 2-3 [ low voice or high voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock
Text Authorship:
- by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, "In der Südsee", from Gesammelte Werke, vol. 7, Vienna, first published 1856-72
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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) , "Geen huis en geen thuisland", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "No house, no homeland", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pas de maison, pas de patrie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Non ho casa, non ho patria", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 58