Mal du pays | Notre petit bateau navigue

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by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Heimweh

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Unser Schifflein treibt umher
auf des Lebens weitem Meer,
treibt nach einem fernen Strande;
seine Segel schwellen auf,
und es lenket seinen Lauf
Sehnsucht nach dem Vaterlande.
 
Ach, daheim, daheim, wie gern
wären wir bei unserm Herrn,
wo die Liebe nicht erkaltet,
wo der Friede ewig währt 
und die Freude sich verklärt 
und die Jugend nimmer altet.
 
Heisser flammt die Sehnsucht auf, 
schneller geht des Schiffleins Lauf, 
Well' um Welle fliegt vorüber. 
Aus den Fluten steight ein Stern; 
dorthin liegt das Reich des Herrn! 
Ach, hinüber, nur hinüber!

Confirmed with Julius Sturm, Fromme Lieder, Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, third edition, 1858, page 88.

Text Authorship:

by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Heimweh", appears in Fromme Lieder [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Heimweh", 1900 [ voice, organ ], from Zwei geistliche Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Enyorança", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Yearning for home", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mal du pays", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 88

Mal du pays

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Notre petit bateau navigue
Sur la vaste mer de la vie,
Il dérive vers un rivage lointain ;
Ses voiles se gonflent,
Et il dirige sa course
Plein de nostalgie de sa patrie.

Ah, à la maison, à la maison, combien
Nous aimerions être avec notre Seigneur,
Là où l'amour ne se refroidit pas,
Là où la paix est éternelle,
Et la joie est transfigurée,
Et la jeunesse ne vieillit jamais.

Le désir brûle plus fort,
La course du petit bateau s'accélère,
Volant de vague en vague.
Sur les flots une étoile se lève ;
Le royaume du Seigneur est là-bas !
Ah, de l'autre côté, juste là !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896), "Heimweh", appears in Fromme Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2016-07-06
Line count: 18
Word count: 105