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by Franz (Eduard) Hermann von Hermannsthal (1799 - 1875)

Wenn ich den Wandrer frage
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn ich den Wandrer frage:
‚Wo kommst du her?‘
„Von Hause, von Hause,“
Spricht er und seufzet schwer.

Wenn ich den Wandrer frage:
‚Wo zieht du hin?‘
„Nach Hause, nach Hause,“
Spricht er mit frohem Sinn.

Wenn ich den Wandrer frage,
‚Wo blüht dein Glück?‘
„Im Hause, im Hause,“
Spricht er mit feuchtem Blick.

Und wenn er mich nun fraget:
‚Was drückt dich schwer?‘
„Ich kann nicht nach Hause.
Hab' keine Heimath mehr!“

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Volk und Vaterland: deutschvölkisches Dichterbuch, erster Band, ed. by Adolf Bartels, Halle: Max Grosse, 1917. Appears in viertes Buch, page 392.

See also Wenn ich den Wandrer frage, attributed to A. Lenz.


Text Authorship:

  • by Franz (Eduard) Hermann von Hermannsthal (1799 - 1875), "Die Heimat", first published 1837 [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 Helmut Bogenhardt , "Wenn ich den Wand'rer frage", published 2001 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], Dortmund : Wildt ; note: the record in the DNB card catalog attributes the text to Fr. Brückner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Brückner (1811 - 1894), "Nach Hause", 1837 [ chorus and orchestra ], confirmed with Volksthümliche lieder der Deutschen im 18. und 19. jahrhundert, ed. by Franz Magnus Böhme, Leizpig, Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf und Härtel, 1895, p. 493 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leo Lehner (1900 - 1981), "Wenn ich den Wandrer frage", published 1954 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Wien, Krenn [sung text not yet checked]

Another version of this text exists in the database.

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-06-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 73

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