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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wie traulich war das Fleckchen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Wie traulich war das Fleckchen,
Wo meine Wiege ging,
Kein Bäumchen war, kein Heckchen,
Das nicht voll Träume hing.

Wo nur ein Blümchen blühte,
Da blühten gleich sie mit,
Und alles sang und glühte
Mir zu bei jedem Schritt.

Ich wäre nicht gegangen,
Nicht für die ganze Welt! -
Mein Sehnen, mein Verlangen,
Hier ruht's in Wald und Feld.

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Heimwee I", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Homesickness I", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mal du pays I", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Nostalgia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

Homesickness I
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 How cozy was the spot
 Where my cradle rocked,
 There was not a tree nor hedge
 That wasn't hung full of dreams.

 Wherever a flower bloomed,
 There also bloomed dreams along with it,
 And everything sang and glowed
 To me as I took each step.

 I would not have left,
 Not for the whole world! -
 My longing, my yearning,
 Dwells here in wood and field.

Text Authorship:

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

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive -- https://www.lieder.net/

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65