by
Johannes Rehmke (1848 - 1930)
Meine traute Heimat
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mein Heimatland, das liebe, traute,
Wo ich das Glück der Jugend fand,
Das meine Kinderspiele schaute
Und mich erzog mit ernster Hand.
Ich muss es lieben,
Das traute, liebe Heimatland!
Ich muss es lieben, ja ewig lieben,
Das traute, liebe Heimatland!
Das Land, das auch auf fremder Erde
Dem Manne nah verbunden blieb,
Ihn bei des harten Tags Beschwerde
Mit süsser Sehnsucht vorwärts trieb.
Ich muss es lieben,
Das traute, liebe Heimatland!
Ich muss es lieben, ja ewig lieben,
Das traute, liebe Heimatland!
Mein Land, das heimatwärts getrieben
Den reifen Mann zu rechter Zeit,
Das ihn vereint mit seinen Lieben,
Den eignen freien Herd verleiht.
Ich muss es lieben,
Das traute, liebe Heimatland!
Ich muss es lieben, ja ewig lieben,
Das traute, liebe Heimatland!
Dich, Heimatland, dich lieb' ich immer,
Dir bleibt geweiht mein ganzes Herz,
Und bis zum letzten Lebensschimmer
Bin ich bei dir in Freud' und Schmerz.
Ich will dich lieben,
Das trautes, liebes Heimatland!
Ich will es lieben, ja ewig lieben,
Das traute, liebe Heimatland!
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My familiar homeland", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 168
My familiar homeland
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
My homeland, the dear, familiar one,
Where I found the happiness of my youth,
Which witnessed my childhood games
And raised me with a thoughtful hand.
I must love it,
My familiar, dear homeland!
I must love it, yes, love it forever,
My familiar, dear homeland!
The country, which even upon foreign soil
Remained closely tied to [this] man,
[Which] in the grievousness of the hard day
Drove him onward with sweet yearning.
I must love it,
My familiar, dear homeland!
I must love it, yes, love it forever,
My familiar, dear homeland!
My country that drove [this] mature man
Homeward at the right time,
That reunited him with his loved ones,
[That] gives him his own free hearth.
I must love it,
My familiar, dear homeland!
I must love it, yes, love it forever,
My familiar, dear homeland!
You, homeland, I shall love forever,
My whole heart remains dedicated to you,
And until the last glimmer of life
I shall be with you in joy and pain.
I shall love you,
My familiar, dear homeland!
I shall love you, yes, love you forever,
My familiar, dear homeland!
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