Yearning for home | Straying about in a foreign land

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sehnsucht nach der Heimath

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Irrend im fremden Land 
Müde und unbekannt,
Schau ich zum Heimathglück
Sehnend zurück!

Bin von der Meinen fern[,]
Wäre wohl dort so gern[,]
Wellen im Strome dort 
Wälzet mich fort!

Einsam das Auge thrän't,
Kalt mich die Freud angähnt,
Herzen, für Liebe stumm,
Um mich herum!

O, wie zieht's mich von hier,
Heimath zu dir, zu dir,
Aar in den Lüften dort
Trage mich fort!

Irrend im fremden Land 
Nach meiner Freunde Hand,
Wahr und voll treuem Sinn,
Sehn' ich mich hin!

Freudenlos ohne Lust,
Klaget die kranke Brust,
Winde im Haine dort,
Wehet mich fort!

Ach, wie im tiefsten Wald
Brauset der Sturm so kalt,
Liebchen, in deinem Arm
Wär mir so warm!

Glühend an deinem Herz,
Zög' es mich himmelwärts:
Sturmwind im Walde dort,
Reiße mich fort!

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by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sehnsucht nach der Heimath", 1837 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yearning for home", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-01-13
Line count: 32
Word count: 129

Yearning for home

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Straying about in a foreign land,
Weary and unknown,
I gaze yearningly back
To the happiness of home!

I am far from my kin,
I would so dearly love to be there,
Ye waves in yonder river,
Sweep me away!

Lonely tears flow from my eyes,
Pleasure yawns at me coldly,
Around me are hearts 
That are mute to love!

Oh how I yearn [to be] away from here
Home, to you, to you,
Eagle in yonder winds
Carry me away!

Straying about in a foreign land,
For the hands of my friends,
True and full of faithful spirit,
I yearn!

Joyless, without delight,
My sick bosom laments,
Winds in yonder grove
Waft me away!

Ah, how in the deepest forest
The storm rages so coldly,
Darling, in your arm
I would be so warm!

Glowingly [resting] upon your heart
I would be drawn heavenward:
Storm-wind in yonder forest
Sweep me away!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-13
Line count: 32
Word count: 152