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Wo mag meine Heimat sein? Meine Heimat ist klein, Geht von Ort zu Ort, Nimmt mein Herz mit sich fort, Gibt mir Weh, gibt mir Ruh; Meine Heimat bist du.
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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 278.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1921/22)", written 1921/2 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Oskar Baumann , "Liebeslied", op. 310 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 3. Folge) no. 2 (1947) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Laci Boldemann (1921 - 1969), "Wo mag meine Heimat sein?", op. 2 (Sechs kleine Liebeslieder - Sex små Kärlekssånger) no. 6, published 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Werner Bühler (1904 - 1968), "Liebeslied" [ high voice and piano ], from Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme nach Texten von Hermann Hesse, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Fenigstein (b. 1924), "Liebeslied", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Josef Frey (b. 1907), "Meine Heimat", 1951 [ soprano and piano ], from Hermann Hesse-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Liebeslied" [ medium voice or high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karl Hasse (1883 - 1960), "Liebeslied", op. 98 (Sieben Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 4 (1949) [ mezzo-soprano, alto, or baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erwin Hauff (1894 - 1960), "Liebeslied", 1955-7, published 1960 [ duet for mezzo-soprano and bass with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Wo mag meine Heimat sein?", op. 97 no. 2 (>>1942?), published 1958 [ voice and piano ], from Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walter Lange (1884 - 1960), "Liebeslied", 1954 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder von Hermann Hesse, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Liebeslied I", op. 12 no. 4 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf volkstümliche Gesänge für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gerhard Schumann (b. 1914), "Liebeslied", 1955 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], from Lieder der Liebe, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Xaver Zintl (1903 - 1987), "Liebeslied", 1949 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "(1921/22)", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (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: 2009-05-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 30
Where might my homeland be? My homeland is small, It travels from place to place, Takes my heart along with it, Gives me pain, gives me peace; My homeland is you.
Subtitle: "(1921/22)"
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Translations of title(s):
"Wo mag meine Heimat sein?" = "Where might my homeland be?"
"Meine Heimat" = "My homeland"
"Liebeslied I" = "Love song I"
"Liebeslied" = "Love song"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Liebeslied", subtitle: "(1921/22)", written 1921/2
This text was added to the website: 2019-01-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 31