by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
Du bist mein Land
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Du bist mein Land, ich deine Flut, die sehnend dich ummeeret; Du bist der Strand, dazu mein Blut ohn' Ende wiederkehret. An Dich geschmiegt, mein Spiegel wiegt das Licht der tausend Sterne; und leise rollt dein Muschelgold in meine Meergrundferne.
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), appears in Und aber ründet sich ein Kranz [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 Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Du bist mein Land", op. 48 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1909) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 40