My homeland | Though you may taunt and rebuke

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by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Meine Heimat

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ob ihr auch schmäht und scheltet,
Ich höre nicht danach hin,
Der Klang einer andern Stimme
Liegt mir immer im Sinn. 
Sollt ihr mich heut noch jagen
Wie ein Bettelkind hinaus,
Lachend werd' ich und glücklich
Schreiten aus eurem Haus.

Eine Thüre weiß ich, die wird mir
Allezeit offen stehn,
Zwei Augen, die mir immer
Wartend entgegensehn.
Einen Mund, der jeden Morgen
Wie zum Willkomm mich küßt,
Ein Herz, das heut und immer
Meine Heimat ist.

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Confirmed with Agnes Miegel, Gedichte, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1901, page 23.

Text Authorship:

by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "Meine Heimat" [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 Paul Caro (1859 - 1914), "Meine Heimat", op. 37 (Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Wien & Leipzig: Adolf Robitscheck [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My homeland", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-01-23
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My homeland

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Though you may taunt and rebuke,
I do not listen to it,
The sound of a different voice
Is always in my mind.
Though today you may yet chase
Me out like a beggar-child,
Laughing and happy I shall 
Stride from your house.

I know of a door that shall 
Be open for me at all times,
Two eyes that [shall] always
Look toward me in waiting.
A mouth that every morning
Kisses me as in welcome,
A heart that today and ever
Is my homeland.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Agnes Miegel (1879 - 1964), "Meine Heimat"
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-25
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