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Heimat! Wunderbar tönendes Wort! Wie auf befiederten Schwingen Ziehst du mein Herz zu dir fort, Jubelnd, als müßt' ich den Gruß Jeglicher Seele dir bringen, Trag' ich zu dir meinen Fuß, Freundliche Heimat! Heimat! Bei dem sanftklingenden Ton Wecken mich alte Gesänge, Die in der Ferne mich flohn; Rufen mir freudenvoll zu Heimatlich lockende Klänge: Du nur allein bist die Ruh', Schützende Heimat! Heimat! Gib mir den Frieden zurück, Den ich im Weiten verloren, Gib mir dein blühendes Glück! Unter den Bäumen am Bach, Wo ich vor Zeiten geboren, Gib mir ein schützendes Dach, Liebende Heimat!
Authorship
- by Otto Inkermann (1823 - 1862), as C. O. Sternau [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "An die Heimat", op. 64 (Drei Quartette) no. 1 (1864), published 1875 [satb quartet and piano], Leipzig, Peters [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "To the homeland", copyright ©
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Aan het vaderland", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "À la patrie", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2016-10-28 09:09:28
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Homeland! Wonderful-sounding word! How on feathery wings you draw my heart toward you, rejoicing, as if I must bring you the greeting of every soul. I turn my steps to you, welcoming homeland! Homeland! With that gentle-sounding note old songs awaken in me which have flown far away from me; they call me, full of joy, to alluring sounds of home. Only you are peace, sheltering homeland! Homeland! Give me back the peace that I have lost in the distance, give me your thriving happiness! Beneath the trees by the brook, where I was born long ago, Give me a sheltering roof, dear homeland!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Inkermann (1823 - 1862), as C. O. Sternau
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:50
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Word count: 105