by Gustav Falke (1853 - 1916)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Heimat
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE
Ich habe lieb die helle
Sonne und ihren Schein;
Der Tag ist mein Geselle,
Und treu will ich ihm sein.

Doch steigt aus Sternengründen
Die stille Nacht herauf,
Ist es mir, als stünden
Der Heimat Türen auf.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El meu país", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Homeland", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mon pays", copyright © 2015, (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: 8
Word count: 37

Homeland
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 I love the bright
 sun and its shine;
 Day is my companion
 and to him I will be true.
 
 Yet when, from starry expanse,
 the silent night climbs,
 it is as if, before me, stand open
 the doors to my homeland.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41