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by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Kein Haus, keine Heimat

(Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

 ... 

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?

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 2-3 of the original text.

Composition:

Johannes Brahms

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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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , 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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

No house, no homeland

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Brahms)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 ... 

No house, no homeland,
No wife and no child,
So I whirl, like a piece of straw,
in rain and wind!

Ebb and flow,
soon there and soon here;
World, if you do not ask after me,
why should I ask after you?

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 2-3 of the original text.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) 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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