by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Der Kranich ruft kuruh!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Kranich ruft kuruh!
Und fliegt dem Süden zu.
Wo Sommer weilt, da hält er Stand,
Da sucht er stets sein Vaterland:
[Kirrgorr]1 kuruh!
Was siehst Du an das Laub?
Bald [ist]2 es Erd' und Staub.
Was irdisch ist, hat nie Bestand,
Die Sehnsucht sucht ein bessres Land.
[Kirrgorr]1 kuruh!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Leipzig, Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 184
1 Taubert: "Kirregorr"
2 Banck: "wird"
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Auf dem Kirchhofe im Herbste" [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Das Heimatland", op. 12a (1826) [ voice and piano ], note: another publisher used opus 12 for a set of seven songs so we have added the letter 'a' to this opus [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Abschied", op. 169 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin und Posen: Ed. Bote & G. Bock
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-22
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