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Schied auch die Muschel lange schon Vom Meer, das ihre Heimat war -- In ihrer Tiefe rauscht ein Ton Wie Meeresheimweh immerdar. Und kann auch nie ein Herz zurück Zum Herzen, dran es selig lag -- Es singt von dem verlornen Glück Noch bis zu seinem letzten Schlag.
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Confirmed with Gedichte von Georg Scherer, vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Berlin, Wien: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1894, page 225
Authorship
- by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Heimweh", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 3. Drittes Buch [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 Hermann Erler , "Heimweh", op. 23 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Wernthal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822 - 1896), "Schied auch die Muschel", op. 47 (Zwei Lieder für Alt mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1894 [ alto and piano ], Bremen, Schweers & Haake [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Heimweh", op. 85 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1901 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-09-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 46
Though the shell may long have departed From the sea, which was its home -- In its depths there ever sounds a tone Like homesickness for the sea. And though a heart can never return To the heart upon which it rested blissfully -- It shall still sing of the lost happiness Until its last beat.
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Translations of title(s):
"Heimweh" = "Homesickness"
"Schied auch die Muschel" = "Though the shell departed"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Scherer (1824 - 1909), "Heimweh", appears in Gedichte von Georg Scherer, in 3. Drittes Buch
This text was added to the website: 2017-08-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 54