Nun bin ich lang gewesen
Im fremden Land zu Gast,
Und bin doch nicht genesen
Von meiner alten Last.
Ich suchte allerorten
Das was die Seele stillt,
Nun bin ich stiller worden
Und neu zum Leid gewillt.
Komm her, gewohntes Leiden,
Ich wurde satt der Lust.
Wir wollen wieder streiten
Und ringen Brust an Brust.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 103.
Text 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 Reinhold Laquai (1894 - 1957), "Heimkehr" [ medium voice and piano ], from Hesse-Lieder für mittlere Stimme, Heft 2, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Schmid-Kayser (1874 - 1964), "Heimkehr", published 1925 [ voice and lute ], from Neue Weisen zur Laute, 1. Heft: Wanderlieder, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Heimkehr", 1949 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Tornada a casa", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Return home", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Retour à la maison", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2009-05-21
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Word count: 55
Je suis maintenant depuis longtemps
Un hôte en pays étranger,
Et ne suis pas encore guéri
De mon ancien fardeau.
J'ai cherché en tout lieu
Ce qui calme l'âme,
Je suis devenu maintenant plus calme
Et disposé à de nouvelles peines.
Approchez, habituelles peines
Je devenais saturé de plaisir,
Nous allons à nouveau batailler
Et lutter corps à corps.