The way home | Upon a leafy bier they bear me from there

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by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Der Heimweg

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Auf laub'ger Bahre trägt man mich von hinnen;
Ich fühle Blut von meiner Stirne rinnen,
Das tröpfelt spielend auf der Blätter Grün,
Und macht, daß sie schön purpurrötlich blühn;
Die Knappen schreiten leise mit mir fort
Als wie zum stillen, seel'gen Friedensport;
Der Herrin Bild lacht freundlich mir im Inneren,
Ein ewig süßes himmlisches Erinnern;
Wird's Tod, wird's Leben, mir ist's einerlei;
Doch schöner sah ich nie als heut', den Mai.

Confirmed with Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, "Folko und Isula. Lieder eines Troubadours," Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1814. Der Liebe und Freundschaft gewidmet, herausgegeben von Dr. St. Schütze, Frankfurt am Mayn: bei Friedrich Wilman, [1814], page 101

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Der Heimweg" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Der Heimweg", from Folko und Isula: Sieben Lieder eine Troubadours von Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: " ", title 2: "The way home", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 71

The way home

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Upon a leafy bier they bear me from there;
I feel the blood running from my brow,
It drips playfully upon the green of the leaves
And makes them bloom with beautiful crimson;
The lads tread quietly as they carry me away
As if to the silent, blissful port of peace;
The image of my mistress smiles graciously within me,
An eternally sweet, heavenly remembrance;
Whether I die, whether I live, it is all the same to me;
But I have never seen May be more beautiful than it is today.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), "Der Heimweg"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-15
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