Songs

Die Heimat

by Hanns Eisler

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Die Heimat
German source: Friedrich Hölderlin

Froh kehrt der Schiffer heim an den stillen Strome
Von fernen Inseln, wo er geerntet hat;
Wohl möchte ich gern zur Heimat wieder;
Aber was hab' ich, wie Leid, geerntet? -

Ihr holden Ufer, die ihr mich auferzogt,
Ach gebt ihr mir,
Ihr Wälder meiner Kindheit, wann ich
wiederkehre, die Ruhe noch Einmal wieder?

Composer

Hanns Eisler

Hanns Eisler was an Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, and for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht.

Poet

Friedrich Hölderlin

Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Particularly due to his…

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