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Sterne! die ihr niederschaut Fern auch auf den grünen See, Euch dort oben sei vertraut In der Fremde hier mein Weh! Mächtig wohl erbraust das Meer, Doch die Firnen seh' ich nicht, Die so hold, ach! und so hehr Schimmerten im Abendlicht! Winde! die vom Heimathland Ihr so frisch herüberweht, Euch, am schönen, üppgen Strand, Sei's geklagt, wie's mir ergeht! Reicher wohl blüht Alles hier, Doch die Matten seh' ich nicht, Strahlend wie mit goldner Zier Traut im letzten Abendlicht! Vögel! die ihr heimwärts fliegt, Hört, o höret meinen Gruß! Wenn ihr fern im Tann euch wiegt, Klagt's ihm, was ich leiden muß! Ach! den grünen, grünen Wald Meiner Heimath seh' ich nicht, Und mein Seufzer nur verhallt Wehmuthsvoll im Abendlicht!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 276-277.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Heimweh", appears in Liederbuch, in 4. Vaterlandslieder, no. 307 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Heimweh", op. 431 (Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Heimweh", op. 27 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Mezzo-Sopran (Alt) oder Tenor und Baritone mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1873 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto or tenor and baritone with piano ], Mainz: Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Jakob Nater (1826 - 1906), "Heimweh", published 1872 [ ttbb chorus ], from Zwölf Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor, no. 5, Zürich und St. Gallen: Eigenthum und Verlag von P.J. Fries [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878), "Heimweh", published 1879 [ men's chorus ], in: Das Rütli. Ein Liederbuch für Männergesang, St. Gallen: Sonderegger [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Homesickness", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-17
Line count: 24
Word count: 122
Stars! you that look down From afar upon the green lake, To you up there I confess The pain I feel here in foreign parts! The sea does indeed roar mightily, But I do not see the old snows That so beautifully, ah, and so augustly Shimmered in the evening light! Winds! that from my homeland Blow over here so briskly, To you, upon this beautiful, sumptuous beach I lament what I am feeling! Everything may well bloom more richly here, But I do not see the alpine meadows Shining as if adorned with gold Familiarly in the last evening light! Birds! who fly homewards, Hear, oh hear my greeting! When you are swaying upon the branches of the distant fir, Tell it of what I am forced to suffer! Ah! I do not see the green, Green forest of my homeland, And only my sigh echoes away, Full of melancholy, in the evening light!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Heimweh", appears in Liederbuch, in 4. Vaterlandslieder, no. 307
This text was added to the website: 2025-02-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 156