Homesickness | The foreign sun burns so hotly

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Heimweh

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Brennt so heiß die fremde Sonne,
drückt so schwül die fremde Luft,
will dahin, wohin mich meine 
und der Liebsten Sehnsucht ruft!

Bleib, o bleib im fremden Lande,
ruhen lass den Wanderstab!
Deine Heimath ist verödet
die Geliebte deckt das Grab.

Spricht sie wahr, die Geisterstimme 
sank ins Grab mein süßes Lieb,
o so ist ihr Grab die Heimath
die den Heimwehvollen blieb!

Und er flog mit seinem Heimweh 
der Geliebten Grabe zu,
und in seiner neuen Heimath 
fand er die ersehnte Ruh'!

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda (1801 - 1866), "Heimweh", WoO 9 no. 19, published [1839] [ voice, horn, piano ], Mainz: Schott [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Homesickness", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le mal du pays", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2024-10-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

Homesickness

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The foreign sun burns so hotly,
The foreign air presses down so humidly,
I wish to go where my
And my beloved's yearning calls me!

Stay, oh stay in the foreign land,
Let your wandering staff lie idle!
Your homeland is made desolate,
Your beloved is covered over in her grave.

If the ghostly voice speaks truly,
If my sweet love has sunk into her grave,
Oh, then her grave is the [only] homeland
Remaining to one filled with homesickness!

And with his homesickness he flew
Toward his beloved's grave,
And in his new homeland
He found the yearned-for peace!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2024-10-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 100