Nostalgia | Com'era piacevole l'angolino

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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

Wie traulich war das Fleckchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Wie traulich war das Fleckchen,
Wo meine Wiege ging,
Kein Bäumchen war, kein Heckchen,
Das nicht voll Träume hing.

Wo nur ein Blümchen blühte,
Da blühten gleich sie mit,
Und alles sang und glühte
Mir zu bei jedem Schritt.

Ich wäre nicht gegangen,
Nicht für die ganze Welt! -
Mein Sehnen, mein Verlangen,
Hier ruht's in Wald und Feld.

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Text Authorship:

by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Heimweh I", appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, Hamburg, first published 1854 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Heimweh I", op. 63 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 7 (1874), published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Harthan (1855 - 1936), "Heimath", op. 56 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Dresden, Wolff [sung text not yet checked]
by Aug. Nimphius , "Heimweh", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Münster, Tormann [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Heimwee I", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Homesickness I", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mal du pays I", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nostalgia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

Nostalgia

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Com'era piacevole l'angolino 
dove dondolava la mia culla,
non c'era alberello, cespuglietto, 
che non fosse pieno di sogni.

Dove sbocciava un fiorellino, 
sbocciavano anche loro
e tutto cantava e splendeva 
per me ad ogni passo.

Non me ne fossi andato, 
no per tutto il mondo!
Il mio desiderio, la mia nostalgia, 
sta qui nei boschi e nei campi.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Heimweh I", appears in Hundert Blätter, Paralipomena zum Quickborn, Hamburg, first published 1854
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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 58