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Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland. Ferne komm' ich her, über Gipfel, über Schlünde, über ein dunkles Meer in mein Heimatland.
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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Der Glühende, zweite veränderte Auflage, J.C.C.Bruns, Minden i.W., 1902, page 65.
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk, no. 58 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Conrad (Eduard Reinhold) Ansorge (1862 - 1930), "Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland", op. 11 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 6, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Kreisende Ringe [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Schlafend trägt man mich", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2 (1910) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Schlafend trägt man mich", op. 13 (Acht Lieder) no. 2 (1999) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879 - 1953), "Schlafend trägt man mich", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier = Szesc piesni na glos i fortepian) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elsa Gregory (flourished 1900-20), "Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland" [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Heimkehr", alternate title: "Schlafend trägt man mich", op. 6 no. 1 (1905), published <<1925 [ voice and piano ], from Mombert-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland!", 1911, published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, III. Folge, Nr. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Der Glühende", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 11 (1907), also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adam Taylor (b. 1981), "Schlafend trägt man mich", op. 28 no. 4 (2003) [ SSAA chorus a cappella ], from Four Songs of Calm, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Vrieslander (1880 - 1950), "Schlafend trägt man mich" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Stanisław Barącz (1864 - 1936) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jakob Kellner) , "Sleeping, I am carried", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "En dormant, je suis emporté", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Addormentato mi portano", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 22
Sleeping, I am carried to my homeland. I come from afar, over peaks, over chasms, over a dark ocean to my homeland.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Jakob Kellner, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Der Glühende: ein Gedichtwerk, no. 58
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 22