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by Max Janeiro

Seemanns Heimkehr
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Weit in der Welt umher
pilgernd auf Wogen
fühlt' ich mich bang und schwer
heim stets gezogen.
In fremder Sonne Licht
trug ich's, ach, länger nicht
ferne von dir.

Wenn wir an Ufers Grün
träumend oft ruhten,
wo heißer Lüfte Glüh'n
kühlten die Fluten,
täuschten mich oft so bang,
süß wie Sirenensang,
Träume von dir.

Steur' ich der Heimat zu,
bis du gefunden,
und nun vielleicht bist du
untreu verschwunden!
O dann so lasst mich flieh'n
wieder zur See dahin,
ferne von dir!

Heimat, schon seh' ich dich
ferne dort schweben;
Mary, ach, ohne dich,
was ist mein Leben?
O wo dein Schloss dort blinkt,
wenn fern dein Schleier winkt,
flieg' ich zu dir!

Text Authorship:

  • by Max Janeiro  [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 Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), as Louis Hetsch, "Seemanns Heimkehr" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2026-07-31
Line count: 28
Word count: 114

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