Die Heimat
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE
Froh kehrt der Schiffer heim an den stillen [Strom]1
Von fernen Inseln, wo er geerntet hat;
Wohl [möcht' auch ich]2 zur Heimat wieder;
Aber was hab' ich, wie Leid, geerntet? -
Ihr holden Ufer, die ihr mich auferzogt,
[Stillt ihr der Liebe Leiden? ach!]3 gebt ihr mir,
Ihr Wälder meiner Kindheit, wann ich
[Komme]4, die Ruhe noch Einmal wieder?
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Confirmed with Friedrich Hölderlin Sämtliche Gedichte und Hyperion, Frankfurt am Main und Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1999, page 200
Note (provided by Sharon Krebs): Hölderlin published two versions of this poem - this one with two stanzas and a longer one with six stanzas. Only the first two lines are the same.
1 Eisler: "Strome"
2 Eisler: "möchte ich gern"
3 Eisler: "Ach!"
4 Eisler: "wiederkehre".
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Die Heimat", op. 61 no. 2, published 1963, from Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die Heimat", 1943, from Hölderlin Fragmente, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die Heimat", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 40 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959), "Die Heimat", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 (1915) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Terra natal", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Home", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Le pays natal", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Le pays natal
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch)
Sur l’onde paisible, le matelot s’en retourne joyeusement au pays
depuis les îles lointaines, moisson faite ;
j’aimerais bien moi aussi rentrer au pays ;
mais qu’ai-je moissonné qui ne soit à douleur ?
O vous rivages chéris, qui m’avez autrefois vu grandir,
apaiserez-vous le mal d’amour ? Me rendrez-vous
à mon retour, forêts de mon enfance,
le repos récurrent ?
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Stéphane Goldet and Pierre de Rosamel, (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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